[Deneen]

10 November 2017 at 0:41:58 #813639

I will be traveling to Switzerland in September 2018. I plan on purchasing a 15 day Swiss Travel Pass from the Zurich airport upon arrival. My question is what are the dimensions or size of the ticket? I plan on getting a nice travel wallet for Christmas that can hold both the rail ticket and my passport so nothing gets bent or lost within my backpack. Thank you.

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[rockoyster]

10 November 2017 at 1:58:52 #871729

Hi Deneen and Welcome to MySwissAlps,

It is much more convenient to order the Swiss Travel Pass on-line for “print at home” delivery. You can make multiple backup copies to carry with you AND you don’t have to queue at a ticket shop at Zurich Airport.

This is assuming you are not planning to use the Swiss Travel Pass Flex which you can’t print at home.

Sorry I can’t tell you the precise dimensions.

[Removed user]

10 November 2017 at 16:03:24 #871730

Hi Deneen,

I haven’t been able to find exact dimensions anywhere but find an image of it attached to give you an idea. This would only be if you bought it in Switzerland.

If you buy it online as Rockoyster suggests (which is the most convenient for sure) it gets printed on regular A4 printer paper.

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[Removed user]

10 November 2017 at 17:32:06 #871731

online printed copy is 5 1/4″ x 8 1/2″

[Arno]

10 November 2017 at 18:53:05 #871732

You can fold your printout, although it’s best to avoid folding the bar-code on the pass.

[Deneen]

10 November 2017 at 23:29:20 #871733

Thank you everyone for the information. I really appreciate the quick response.

Lucas, the image helped. It’s around the size of an airline boarding pass.

Sounds like the best option is to buy online. Then I always have a back up copy on my phone if needed. Thank you again!

[Removed user]

11 November 2017 at 1:38:29 #871734

Hi Deneen,

>> Sounds like the best option is to buy online. Then I always have a back up copy on my phone if needed.

Unfortunately, a copy on your phone is not valid for travel.

It’s a print-at-home ticket, not an eTicket, so you will need a paper version. You could just print 2 or 3 copies to take with you to save the hassle of finding somewhere to print it out again if the original is lost or damaged.

Alpenrose

[Arno]

11 November 2017 at 8:20:03 #871735

Indeed, a backup copy on your phone or in cloud storage somewhere is fine, but you will have to print it before usage. But, any hotel should be able to do that for you if you e-mail them the file. To avoid that, the extra physical copy is a good tip.

[Mageo]

11 November 2017 at 9:18:29 #871736

Hello Deneen,

We folded our print-at-home Swiss Travel Pass to fit in a hard back card holder 11cm×6cm. As previously mentioned, the bar code mustn’t be folded. It was convenient for us on our recent trip to Switzerland. We also carried extra copies in our luggage.

Mageo

[Removed user]

14 November 2017 at 5:21:29 #871737

I ordered the Swiss Travel Flex Pass a couple months ago for an upcoming trip in December. The pass is about 3- 1/2 wide x 10 inches long. It came mailed in a very nice plastic sleeve.

[Deneen]

15 November 2017 at 2:14:41 #871738

Thank you for the measurements. This is great information.

Yhanavan – Enjoy your upcoming trip!

[Removed user]

15 November 2017 at 3:04:15 #871739

Thank you! I can’t wait! 23 more days. 🙂

[Uallin]

15 November 2017 at 5:15:41 #871740

Not sure if I should be worried but our print-at-home STPs are A4 size, as per the paper size we feed into our printer…

[rockoyster]

15 November 2017 at 5:19:47 #871741

You don’t need to be worried. The print at home ones are designed to be printed on A4 paper. Just don’t fold in anyway which would make the details unclear or the barcode unreadable,

[Uallin]

15 November 2017 at 5:30:09 #871742

Thanks for the reassurance, rockoyster. And thanks to the rest for the advice of printing extra copies in case lost. Had thought e copies would be sufficient. Love this forum!

[jesse]

15 November 2017 at 23:57:02 #871743

How come I don’t see the barcode on the STP courier delivered from Railroad Europe? Do I need to exchange for real STP at train station?

[rockoyster]

16 November 2017 at 2:20:06 #871744

Hi Jesse,

It should be a real STP. Does it look like the photo Lucas posted in the third message in this thread? If so then you are good to go.

[Removed user]

16 November 2017 at 7:01:12 #871745

You would have been mailed a “real” Swiss Travel Pass and have no need to exchange it for another pass at a rail station.

Some regional rail passes have vouchers sent to you which then must be exchanged. I’ve never heard of the STP needing to be exchanged – but I’m sure there would a note from the company advising you to do so if that were the case.

Bar codes come on print at home passes, as they are printed on regular A4 paper and it allows train employees to scan it to ensure authenticity.
Print at home is the most popular option for Swiss Travel Pass purchases so that is why you read about the bar code so often.