I have literally spent this entire day trying to get information on train schedules and prices for a trip we are taking this July from Paris to Kandersteg, Switzerland. Help! Does anyone have any information as to what website I should use? Our trip isn't until July, but even plugging in a random date in January still doesn't work. Thank you for any help you can give me. Linda
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
11744 posts
I input Paris to Kandersteg for a day next week at https://www.sbb.ch/en and got results. It is 5-6 hours for most routes with 2 to 3 train changes.
Posted by
Grand Rapids, MI
768 posts
You'll end up buying 2 tickets, one in advance.
From Paris to Switzerland, you'll want to take the bullet train, either Paris to Geneva or Paris to Basel.
I know the one to Geneva (and probably Basel too) leaves from Gare de Lyon in Paris. Buy this in advance to get a discount, plus you need to reserve your seats anyway. That fast train takes about 3 hours and you can buy it from www.trainline.eu . More info on these trains is at www.seat61.com
From Geneva, it's about another 3 hours to Spiez (via Bern, change trains there) where you take a short train ride to Kandersteg. This train ticket can be bought the day of travel, and you can just ask for Geneva-Spiez-Kandersteg which can be on ticket. It's fairly rare to get an advance discount on these tickets within Switz., but you can check www.sbb.ch/en Realize that the first price they quote assumes a half fare card, so double it for the usual fare.
Posted by
Green Bay
21098 posts
You can buy a through ticket from www.sbb.ch/en. And they do give you advance purchase discounts, at least for the portion from Paris to the arrival city in Switzerland, like Basel, Geneva, or Lausanne.
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Long Beach, California, USA
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