those Who trust blindly to the SBB App or from the ticket machines at the train station, paid for the journey using public TRANSPORT may significantly too much. Searches of the “Sunday view” show typing in just the place of departure and the destination is the journey by train and Bus will cost up to a third more than those who purchase the ticket a little more time. Customers make long trips, two separate bookings, the cost of the trip may be less – in spite of the same Route and the same means of transport.
An example of the calculated by the “Sunday view”: the SBB App and ticket vending machine will charge for the journey Berne–Jaun/village 47.20 francs (with a half-fare travelcard, 2. Class, round – trip). You make two separate bookings (Bern–Fribourg returns, Fribourg Jaun return), you will pay 31 francs, in spite of the same Route, the same trains, the same buses. Potential savings: 16.20 Swiss francs, more than a third of the SBB-App originally specified selling price.
This is not an isolated case. From Zürich HB to Fusio in the Ticino, the maggia valley, the half-fare travelcard holders pay with a direct-to-booking 45.80 francs. With two separate bookings (Zürich HB–Locarno, Locarno–Fusio) cost of the trip, however, only 39.10 franc, 15 percent less.
The SBB want to take a position, and refer to CH-direct, the national tariff Association of public transport. This is the reason for the Problem is that there are in Switzerland two different fare types. Speaker Thomas Ammann: “In the national Direct traffic, to which all of the transport companies involved, will track prices on a kilometre basis calculated. This is a Degression, so that the price per kilometre decreases, the further one departs. In the regional Associations, the area is divided into zones and driving within a Zone, regardless of the distance, for the same price.” The different tariff systems effected depending on the route, different prices. (anf/sda)
Created: 14.04.2019, 19:00 Uhr
