I will visit Switzerland at the end of July and plan to take the Glacial Express and Golden Pass, using the Swiss Travel Pass. As I understand, these routes require seat reservation, so here are my questions:
1) How early should I make the reservation as I'm traveling very popular routes at the high season?
2) Is it cheaper and faster to reserve seats once I get to Europe?
3) I'm leaving for Europe in mid July, can I reserve Swiss trains at the train stations in Netherlands or Germany?
Your advice is highly appreciated.
Julie from Texas
Posted by
Green Bay
20253 posts
Glacier Express is the only train you must get a seat reservation. Golden Pass depends on where on the line you are traveling and if you want the "sit by the driver" seats. Yes, reserve Glacier Express ASAP at https://www.glacierexpress.ch/en/.
When buying the reservation, when it asks for your "reduction", indicate "GA". That means you have some sort of Swiss Travel Pass so you only pay for the reservation.
Posted by
OP
2 posts
I just logged on the site and bought the reservation. You're right, and the seats are running out. Sam, thank you so much for the advice.