Swiss Half Fare Card

The Swiss Half Fare Card is suitable for those who plan to make relatively short journeys throughout Switzerland. You pay only half the normal price for train, bus, boat and many gondolas, funiculars and mountain trains during one month. Moreover, you will receive a discount on urban transportation in a number of towns. Holders of the Swiss Half Fare Card can purchase a day card, allowing free travelling on trains, bus and boat. The Swiss Half Fare Card is valid for nearly all trains, including special trains such as the Glacier Express, Bernina Express, Heidi Express and Mont Blanc Express. The same applies to bus services: the Swiss Half Fare Card is valid for about all buses, but on some special routes, a surcharge (Alpine Ticket) or a seat reservation is required.

Swiss Transfer Ticket features

• valid for 1 month.
• a 50% discount applies on travelling by train (1st or 2nd class), bus and boat;
• a 50% discount applies on most gondolas, funiculars and mountain trains. Furka cogwheel steam train: 20% discount;
• a 50% discount applies on urban transportation in several towns, including Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Winterthur and Zürich;
• also valid on several lines in surrounding countries: Basel - EuroAirport (France), Martigny - Chamonix Mont Blanc (France), Brig - Domodossola (Italy) - Locarno via the Centovalli railway, Lugano - Chiavenna (Italy) - St. Moritz, Lugano - Tirano (Italy), Zernez - Malles (Italy), Buchs/Sargans - Liechtenstein - Feldkirch (Austria);
• at any time, an additional day card ("Tageskarte zum Halbtax") can be purchased allowing one day of unlimited travelling. It costs CHF 56.00 for 2nd class and CHF 90.00 for 1st class. You are still entitled to receive a discount on gondolas, funiculars and mountain trains;
• up to a 30% discount on day trips.
• various discounts on guided city tours in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Schaffhausen and Zürich;
• with the STS Family Card, children, stepchildren and foster children from 6 up to and including 15 years old travel for free if accompanied by at least one of their parents.
• a 50% discount applies on tickets for children from 6 up to and including 15 years old who are not accompanied by either of their parents. You do not have to purchase a Swiss Half Fare Card for them;
• children up to and including 5 years old (family and non-family) travel for free if accompanied by an adult, unless you want to reserve seats for them in special trains, such as the Glacier Express. This applies to a maximum of 4 children per adult.