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Which Train Pass?

Good Day Everyone,

I would appreciate your experiences and advice. I am using the trains, buses and cable cars over 4 days for:

  1. Zurich to Interlaken to Wengen
  2. Wengen to Mannlichen.
  3. Wengen to Grindelwald First
  4. Interlaken Lake cruises
  5. Wengen to Interlaken to Basel to Paris

From what I researched it looks like the Swiss Half Fare card and the Berner Overland Pass together?

Thank you in advance.

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It looks to me like you have 5 travel days, and the Berner Oberland Pass only comes in 4 or 6 day versions (for your purposes). That means you will be putting out either 344 CHF or 404 CHF.

Are you more interested in saving money or convenience? Having done many of these calculations, 98% of the time, just the Half Fare Card saves the most money. You do have to buy tickets for each journey. That is not to difficult if you download the SBB app and register an account, confusingly called a Swiss Pass.

If you get the Berner Oberland Pass as well, some, but not all of your trips can be done by just hopping on a train or boat.