Trip is in September. Do I need to buy train tickets in advance. Train Murren to Lucerne. Lucerne to Salzburg and Salzburg to Vienna.
Posted by
Arctophilia, Northamptonshire, England
35110 posts
all in one trip/day? Or each is stand alone?
Posted by
OP
8 posts
Each separate trips
Posted by
Green Bay
22270 posts
If you can live with a nonrefundable ticket, then yes, buying in advance will save money. Will you have a Swiss Half Fare Card or Swiss Travel Pass at the time of travel?
Posted by
OP
8 posts
yes we are buying Swiss pass
Posted by
Green Bay
22270 posts
If it is valid on your day of travel, that will give you free travel to the Austrian border. You can buy tickets at OeBB.at/en by putting in that you have a Swiss GA card. Scroll down on the passenger information until you see "SBB General Abo 2-Klasse". You actually save very little with a nonrefundable Sparschiene ticket. Example: Sept 10, a 2nd class Sparschiene ticket is 54.90 EUR, whereas a standard fully flexible ticket with the Swiss Travel Pass is 72.20 EUR. A seat reservation is 3 EUR extra.
Posted by
Wengen
3059 posts
If you will have a Swiss Travel Pass you do not need to book anything for travel within Switzerland. So for Murren to Lucerne you just hop on the trains that get you there.
For the trip Lucerne - Salzburg the cheapest options is probably going to be to book Buchs - Salzburg on www.oebb.at, and use the STP to get from Lucerne to Buchs.
So look up first Lucerne - Salzburg on www.oebb.at, and look at the train details. The usual route is Lucerne - Zurich - Salzburg. Take a note when the Zurich - Salsburg passes through Buchs, and then book Buchs - Salzburg on the same train.