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20 March 2019 at 18:21:20 #820515

Hello and thank you for the tips I’ve gathered so far! I am a little confused still have questions about train travel. We are weighing which is most economical – Swiss Pass, Half Fare Pass, Jungfrau or Bernese Oberland regional pass. We travel to Wengen on June 8, to Lucerne on June 12 and to Zurich on June 13 for our flight home. While the BO pass seems best for our 3 full days in Wengen and to Lucerne, I am still weighing options.

Itinerary: From Monterosso, Italy on June 8th, we plan the following route: 6:54 AM train from Monterosso (IC 658) to Milan, 11:23AM train from Milan (EC 52) to Spiez, 14:33 from Spiez to Interlaken Ost (IC 971), Regional 171 and 371 departing from Interlaken at 15:05 and Lauterbrunnen at 15:37.

Question: if we purchase a regional Bernese Oberland pass beginning that day, how does that work? Do we buy ticket only as far as Brig, get off the EC52 at Brig and buy the BO pass for the remainder, or buy the BO pass in advance and apply to the entire point to point journey?

Excursions: The trips we will likely do are Schynige Platte to First, Wengen to Maennlichen to Kleine Scheidegg (is the cable car closed on our dates? and if so, what are our options?) . Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg, Trummelbach Falls, Lake Brienz, Grutschalp to Murren, Staubbach Falls, Eiger Trail.

We’d greatly appreciate your thoughts on transportation, best passes and what a couple in their 50’s (moderately fit) can reasonable fit into three full days at that time of year.

Thanks so much in advance!

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21 March 2019 at 12:18:14 #907090

Hi Gigi

If you really want to get the best pass, your safest bet is to map out your entire itinerary in Switzerland in detail (including travel from Italy to Switzerland and onward to Zurich), and then choose a pass that would best fit your itinerary. We have developed a handy spreadsheet to do just this, which you can find on the following link: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr ain/ticketspasses/prac tical/chooserailpass

Given that you will be travelling for 5 days across Switzerland, the Swiss Travel Pass is a very good candidate: http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isstravelpass

Here are links to the other passes for further reading:

• http://www.myswissalps.com/re gionalpassberneseoberl and
• http://www.myswissalps.com/sw isshalffarecard
• http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfrautravelpass

If you decide to buy the Bernese Oberland pass, it is best you buy it in advance as well as the complementary travel, and then take a train accordingly with all the right tickets in hand 🙂

Regarding the Mannlichen cable car, it operates year round, you can read more about it here: http://www.myswissalps.com/ju ngfraujoch/gettingther e

You can use http://www.myswissalps.com/ti metable to plan your travel.

This link should also be useful for travel from Italy to Switzerland: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/italy

Hope this helps with your planning, and have a great trip!

Maria.

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22 March 2019 at 18:20:17 #907091

Maria,

Thanks. I seem to remember seeing that there is going to be some sort of construction rendering one of the cable cars closed and a bus offered instead.

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22 March 2019 at 20:48:25 #907092

Hi Gigi,

That would be the Grindelwald to Männlichen service. See http://www.maennlichen.ch/en/ summer.html. It won’t be operating when you are there.

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22 March 2019 at 21:43:42 #907093

Rockoyster,

Yes, thanks. Too bad – that was the one.