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Hi Memok,
Please read here more on tickets from France to Switzerland: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/france.
Use the Swiss railways timetable here to plan your trip from Grindelwald to Milan.
72625 posts
Hi Memok,
You can use the Deutsche Bahn website to look at your options before deciding which train to book from France to Switzerland. It has schedules for all of Europe, not just Germany.
reiseauskunft.bahn.de/ /bin/query2.exe/en?rt=1
You said you would like to get an early train so that you can enjoy your first day in Switzerland, but the trip will take a minumum of 7 hours 17 minutes, and many connections take much longer than that.
From what I have seen, you have two main options:
- Depart early and arrive earlier in Grindelwald, but have a longer journey time (7.5-8.0 hours) with more transfers (4-6). Most connections involve a 600 m walk between Paris Magenta station and Paris Est station.
- Depart later and arrive later in Grindelwald, but have the fastest journey time (7.3 hours) with the least number of transfers (3), and no transfers that involve walking to another station.
I have attached an itinerary showing the 11:01 departure, which is the fastest option with the least number of transfers. If you prefer a less complicated trip to an earlier arrival, this would be a good connection to choose.
The 11:01 train would get you to Grindelwald via Strasbourg, Basel and Interlaken Ost at 18:08. You could then get one of the following buses from the bus terminal near Grindelwald station to your hotel. The stop you get off at is called Firstbahn
- bus #121 (direction: Oberer Gletscher)
- bus #122 (direction: Gletscherschlucht)
- bus #123 (direction: Kirche)
The last bus from Grindelwald station is bus #121 at 18:44.
Alternatively, you could walk to your hotel from the station – about 15-20 minutes with luggage I would guess.
Alpenrose
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Hi
Thank you very much your advise very helpfull
I still prfere the early departure and arrived to the hotel @ 4 pm max and me and wife can walk we will have a midulm luggage with wheel so no issue
chould you help mei checked DB wesite for the connection but no price apear ? i can’t buy train ticket online and print it ?
i tried to use SSB site and this is the journey info + prices with offer if i have Half-Fare travelcard please check it and tell me if its ok
and is it ok to buy this now or wait to Jul y ? or before one week of travel ?
is there option to print it to should recive it to my post in my country (KSA)?
Regards
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Hi Memok,
International tickets do get more expensive the longer you wait. If you create an account on the SBB website you should be able to print the tickets at home. Various websites that sell these tickets without creating an account are listed here: http://www.myswissalps.com/tr aintickets/france/pric e.