Increasingly serious cases of violence are reported on Switzerland’s trains, prompting the government to take steps to guarantee the safety of both commuters and staff.
The tardiness of Germany’s national rail company, Deutsche Bahn, is notorious in Switzerland, prompting yet another canton, Schaffhausen, to take measures to restore punctuality on its territory.
Starting in September, extensive maintenance and modernisation of Switzerland's SBB network will cause disruptions on a number of key lines in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Here’s what you should know.
An international "train versus plane" comparison shows that budget flights between European destinations are often significantly cheaper than travelling by train. But what about some common international routes from Switzerland?
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights between destinations in Europe are still often significantly cheaper than travelling by train.
If you have ever purchased your ticket on your Swiss railway app just as the train was pulling out of the station, you may have (inadvertently) committed an offence.
In a move intended to increase the reliability of train service between Stuttgart and Zurich, national rail company SBB has organised a replacement service for tardy German trains running on Switzerland's territory.
For a long time, buying tickets for international train travel on the app of the Swiss national railway company, SBB, required various manoeuvres, but the process has been greatly simplified.
Eurostar said it would launch new direct train routes from London to Frankfurt and Geneva, as potential competitors threaten to break its three-decade monopoly on cross-channel rail travel.
Switzerland's national railway company, SBB, will offer additional routes during the summer to several holiday destinations in neighbouring Italy and France — although the trips may not be without complications.
Under the terms of bilateral agreements that Switzerland concluded with the European Union in December 2024, foreign transport companies will be able to run train services in Switzerland, and vice-versa.
Anyone planning to travel to the Zurich Airport by train in the next 55 days, may not be able to do so, due to construction work undertaken by Switzerland’s rail company, SBB.
Many people in Switzerland rely on sleeper trains to get them to various European destinations. We've looked at where you can travel to overnight this summer and how much the tickets will cost you.
Switzerland's national railway operator has stopped two connections from Germany at the border, accusing Deutsche Bahn delays of negatively affecting its own timetables.
To remain competitive on the international market, the national rail company, SBB, wants to introduce new, high-speed trains to connect Swiss and foreign cities.
If you are planning to travel on international night trains to and from Switzerland in the coming months, be prepared to be very flexible. This is why.
Swiss trains are known for their punctuality — a reputation that is mostly justified. But there are also some that arrive late, even very late, and many of them are international services.
Swiss people may have a reputation for honesty, but more than a million people were listed in the national register of public transport fare dodgers in Switzerland at the end of 2024 — the highest number since the records were created in 2019.
Swiss politicians want the national rail company, SBB to take over the Geneva to Lyon line that is currently run by French operator SNCF to end the frequent delays and disruptions.
While some people claim the dog can travel for free on a Swiss train under certain circumstances, others say tickets are always compulsory. So what’s the truth?
