A number of commuters travelling to Zurich on Thursday morning where forced to disembark from their train at an earlier station because it was too full.
An internal document from Switzerland’s public transport operators' association recommends a steep rise in the price of the country's popular GA travelcard along with other proposals that could boost ticket prices for other travellers.
Changes to the website of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) mean it is now easier to find and buy discounted tickets for train tickets to international destinations.
Holders of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) half fare (Halbtax/demi-tarif) travelcard are set to receive 15 Swiss francs (€13.20) in credit, the rail company announced on Tuesday.
Switzerland's fleet of 20-year-old double-decker train carriages is being given a modern makeover. Here’s what you can expect to see soon at a station near you.
The head of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has suggested the company could, in future, offer customers a full refund in the event of seriously late trains.
Students from Switzerland's EPFL federal technology institute are this Friday hoping to set a new time record in the Swiss Train Challenge which sees participants trying to step foot in all of the country's 26 cantons in under 24 hours using only public transport.
After years of rising public transport prices, Swiss commuters are set for some further relief with a price freeze in 2019 while other offers are sweetening the deal for regular travellers.
Everybody who has ever spent any time in Switzerland knows the sound: first a cathedral-like three-part chime and then a woman announcing a train or bus route.
Anyone who lives in Switzerland and uses the public transport system regularly will know of the halb-tax/demi-tarif card, which, for an annual fee of 185 francs, allows the holder to buy half-price train and bus tickets.
People caught using public transport without a ticket will soon see their details recorded in a national register with repeat offenders to be hit with heavier fines.
The new double-decker Bombardier trains ordered by Swiss federal railways (SBB) in 2010 at a cost of nearly two billion francs do not meet the needs of disabled people, according to an umbrella organization for the disabled in Switzerland.
Not everyone has friends and family they can spend Christmas with. Now Swiss federal railways (SBB) is offering 80 people the chance to celebrate the festive season on a special train trip on Christmas Eve.
