Traveling from Lucerne to Interlaken Ost on June 7 and Interlaken Ost to (Lausanne) Montreux on June 11 via the Golden Pass with the Swiss Pass are seat reservations required? If so should I purchase them asap?
Posted by
Knoxville, TN, USA
7209 posts
Not required - but if you want a guaranteed seat then you might want a reservation...it's up to you.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16894 posts
The portion that's most often reserved is if you want to be in a panorama car between Zweisimmen and Montreux: http://www.mob.ch/en/reservation-procedure.
Posted by
OP
19 posts
If we do not reserve can we still use the Golden Pass for our travel? Are certain cars reserved?
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
Every rail line in Switzerland, including the Luzern - Interlaken - Montreux route, has at least one train per hour. the "Golden Pass train" is an extra limited stop train for tourists with panorama cars. Whichever train you travel on, you see the same mountains out of the window. If you travel by the regular hourly train, there are no reservations.
Whichever train you take (regular or "Golden Pass"), you will have to change trains en route, it is not one through train.