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Swiss Half Price Card.

Hi,

Looking for information from someone that has used the Swiss Half Price Card.

It appears it offers half price train fares.

Did you use it on Schilthorn tram and or Jungfraujoch train as well?

Thank you for any information

Posted by
7209 posts

It works all over Switzerland just like the Swiss Travel Pass works.

Half Fare Card gives you 50% reduction on everything.

Posted by
5835 posts

https://www.sbb.ch/en/leisure-holidays/travel-in-switzerland/international-guests/swiss-halffare-card.html

It is the ideal companion for short trips and excursions throughout
Switzerland. The Swiss Half Fare Card has a validity of one month and
can be obtained at nearly every Swiss railway station as well as all
points-of-sale worldwide.

1 month CHF 120.–

Up to 50% discount(?)Show note 50% discount on travels by train, bus
and boat and most mountain railways 50% discount(?)Show note 50%
discount on use of public transportation in more than 90 urban areas
Only persons domiciled outside Switzerland and the Principality of
Liechtenstein are entitled to purchase this ticket

Do the math. If you are using more than 240 CHF in fares per person, the half fare card pays off.

Posted by
5835 posts

I should also note that the hotels of a number of Swiss cities give their guest "visitor cards" that include benefits like free local transportation and various discounts. We visited Luzern and Klosters-Davos and both gave us the free Visitors Cards. In the Klosters-Davos area we could take the train between the two villages free of charge.

https://www.luzern.com/en/services/visitor-card-lucerne/

The Visitor Card gives over night guests free use of buses and trains
within zone 10 of the city network, as well as a range of discounts
for cableways, mountain railways, museums and excursions in the
Lucerne-Lake Lucerne Region.

https://www.davos.ch/en/davos-klosters/information-arrival/guest-card/
https://www.davos.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumente/pdf/davosklosters/anreise/Gaestekarte_Info_Privat_EN.pdf

TRANSPORTATION

Rhaetian Railway: Unlimited travel (2nd class) on the line Klosters
Dorf –Davos – Filisur with holiday address Davos. Unlimited travel
(2nd class) on the line Saas –Davos – Filisur with holiday address
Klosters or Saas. Not valid for guests with holiday address in Küblis.
The guestcards are not valid in the Bernina and Glacier Express.

Local bus Klosters-Serneus: Unlimited travel. To Saas only with
holiday address in Klosters or Saas. (Line 90.231: between Mezzaselva
and Küblis apply the normal Rhaetian Railway tariffs).

Local bus Davos: Unlimited travel on the local bus lines.

Posted by
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Hello,

You can use the Swiss Half Price Card to reach both Schilthorn and Jungfraujoch. You can actually download a very detailed map on the SBB web-site that marks all the routes covered by the card. Just click on "map of validity" on your right.

Hope this is helpful!
Cheers