Bicycle and train.

Well under way by bike and train.
A practical combination.
Travelling with your own bike.
Perfect journey planning.
The various combination options of bike and train offer many advantages in the daily
routine and for leisure time. We have put together the latest new features, tips and
tricks for you to benefit from. We wish you a good journey and a great deal of fun.
The map shows most of the rail, bus
and boat routes that allow you to take
your bike with you as long as you have
a valid bike ticket. If your bike can be
folded away into a carry case, you can
usually take it as hand luggage on most
services.
Bicycle and train.
The most important new features.
• 2013 sees the start of an extension programme over several years for bicycle parking.
We are building or converting more than 2000 spaces each year.
• T he Velopass bike-sharing network is being integrated into the PubliBike network.
• T he daily rental prices for renting bikes at the station will be adapted.
• You can now purchase ten different rental bike tours online at sbb.ch/en/leisure-shop.
Important tips for self-service loading of bicycles.
• On days that are popular for trips, space may be limited in trains.
• Please take note of the predicted occupancy rate on the online timetable when selecting
your travel route and travel times.
• Use Rent a Bike at the station or bicycle shipping as an alternative to self-service loading
of bicycles.
On traditional family days out with good
weather prospects, increased passenger
volumes can be expected between 7
a.m. and 9 a.m. on trains to Ticino, Valais,
the Bernese Oberland, Seeland, Jura,
Graubünden and Lake Constance. At such
times the trains will be carrying more bikes,
prams, luggage and leisure equipment and
space may be limited.
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Further information is available at sbb.ch/en/bicycle and sbb.ch/en/baggage.
SBB AG
Passenger Traffic
Wylerpark
Wylerstrasse 123/125
3000 Berne 65
Switzerland
sbb.ch/en/bicycle
sbb.ch/baggage
Prices and product specifications
subject to modifications.
Take your bike with you on the postbus.
Important information.
PostBus Switzerland Ltd. recommends
prior booking for individual passengers;
for groups of six people or more, selfservice loading of bicycles is subject
to booking. Please take note of specific
regional booking obligations and
options.
•D
ue to the loading weight, there is only
very limited transportation for e-bikes
with PostBus Switzerland Ltd.
• B ikes cannot be transported on the
following routes: Palm Express
(St. Moritz–Menaggio–Lugano; routes
203 and 204) as well as the Engadine–
Merano route (Zernez–Müstair–Malles/
Mals; routes 107 and 118).
• L imited bike transportation option: Chur–
San Bernardino–Bellinzona (express
routes)  Alternative: regional routes,
Thusis–San Bernardino–Bellinzona.
You will find further information on the
Internet at sbb.ch/en/bicycle or at the
ticket counter.
You will find details in the “Biking and
Postbus” leaflet, which can be downloaded
under “Bicycle carry-on” at postbus.ch.
Taking your bike on the train.
Self-service bike loading.
Making sure your bike has room.
• A reservation is mandatory for self-service loading of bicycles on any InterCity
tilting train (ICN) between 21 March and
31 October (reservation charge: CHF 5).
• At the weekend, self-service loading of
bicycles is unrestricted on S-Bahn trains
in Zurich. From Monday to Friday, however, bikes are permitted only from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
• Trains that do not take bikes are marked
on the timetable and departure boards by
the symbol .
• G roups of ten or more are not permitted
to carry bikes with them on trains. We recommend bike rental or unaccompanied
carriage for such groups.
• W here capacity bottlenecks arise, please
wait for a later or additional train.
•F
or safety reasons it is vital to follow the
instructions of train staff.
Finding the correct boarding point on
the platform.
• B y checking the blue train information
board on the platform prior to the train’s
arrival, you will be able to identify the section where the coaches for self-service
loading of bicycle stop.
• T he bike symbols on the doors of the
coaches indicate the boarding point for
your bike.
Prices1+3 for bike tickets.
• S hort routes (ticket price less than
CHF 12): standard 2nd class ticket 2 at
half price. Longer routes: 1-day bike
pass2 from CHF 12.
Self-service loading of bicycles – the
important points.
•W
hen using the online timetable, select
“Advanced search” and then “Carriage
of bicycles required (Switzerland only)”
so that you are only shown services on
which bikes are permitted.
•T
hose trains on which it is not permitted
to travel with your own bike are marked
with
in the timetable and on the departure boards. It is not possible to load
your own bike onto these trains.
•T
he capacity forecasts in the online
timetable are a useful indicator of which
trains may be subject to capacity bottlenecks and show whether another train
or an alternative route is likely to be less
crowded, making it much easier to travel
with your bike.
Parking your bike at
the station. BikeParking.
or a foot•A
bike reservation symbol
note number in the timetable indicates a
train or postbus for which reservation is
required.
• D ue to weight restrictions, the carriage
of e-bikes by PostBus Switzerland Ltd. is
possible only to a very limited degree.
Tip: in order to find the best possible connection, check the capacity
forecasts in the SBB online or mobile
timetable under “Advanced search”,
“Occupancy”.
Sending the bike on its way.
Bicycle shipping.
PubliBike offers around 1000 bikes or
e-bikes for straightforward lending at 100
stations in 301 towns/cities throughout
Switzerland. You can therefore arrive by
public transport and simply change to a
bike or e-bike – to go shopping, attend a
meeting, visit friends or explore the city as
a tourist.
With a valid rail ticket, you can despatch
and collect your bike against a fee at all
stations within Switzerland that have a
luggage counter.
PubliBike represents modern, traffic jamfree and CO 2 -free mobility in urban areas.
Bike sharing is the ideal complement to private and public transport in short-distance
ranges. The PubliBike network is being
continuously extended and is therefore
making an ever greater contribution to
substantially reducing the amount of traffic
in inner cities.
•F
requent users: multipack of 1-day bike
passes (6 days) CHF 72, 1-day bike pass
(plastic card valid for one year, not transferable) CHF 220.
• C hildren aged 6 to 16 years with a Junior
travelcard do not require a bike ticket for
their bike provided that the accompanying parents have a valid transportation
ticket for their bicycles.
1
Price basis: adult with a GA travelcard, Half-Fare
travelcard or tickets from Swiss Travel System
(for passengers from abroad) and children up to
16 years
2
Item available online in the SBB Ticket Shop and
by mobile phone (sbb.ch/mobile)
3
Valid for standard bikes. Special bikes (longer
than 2 m or unable to fit on the normal bicycle
hooks (e.g. tandems, recumbent bicycle, threewheeled bikes, etc.) cost double.
People with an “identity card for passengers with
a disability” may transport their tandem, recumbent bike or three-wheeled bike for the price of a
standard bike.
PubliBike is a service from:
SBB AG, PostBus Switzerland Ltd. and
Rent a Bike. Find out the current locations
at publibike.ch.
BikeParking at the station.
•S
witzerland’s stations have around
82,000 free spaces for bikes and motorbikes.
•F
or a fee, you can also park your bike
safely for days at a time in one of the
bike parks with security surveillance at
stations in 24 towns and cities. Monthly
and annual tickets are available for
regular users.
For further information,
see velostation.ch.
The new city bike for lending.
Bikes and e-bikes from PubliBike.
Prices.
•N
ational subscription CHF 60 (plus card
fee of CHF 10)
•F
or subscribers, the use of bikes and
e-bikes is free of charge up to 30 minutes
•1
-day passes from CHF 10 (regional
variations)
•H
ourly rate for spontaneous use without
a subscription: from CHF 6 for bikes and
CHF 12 for e-bikes
Travel by bike or motorbike to the
station and hop on a train.
•H
and over your bike by 7 p.m. and you
can pick it up 2 days later after 9 a.m.
Please take note of the individual opening
hours of the luggage counters.
• If you are travelling alone or with your
family, you do not need to book in advance. Groups of ten or more, however, have
to book the shipment of their bicycles at
least 48 hours prior to departure, either
at the station or via our Rail Service on
0900 300 300 (CHF 1.19/min. from the
Swiss fixed-line network).
Prices for bicycle shipping in
Switzerland (with a valid ticket only).
•S
tandard bikes (e-bikes up to a maximum
of 25 kg, scooters, recumbent bikes
shorter than 2 m, bike trailers (unloaded),
etc.): CHF 18.
•S
pecial bikes (longer than 2 m, or unable
to fit on the normal bicycle hooks, such
as tandems, recumbent bikes, threewheeled bikes, etc.): CHF 36.
•W
e will transport tandems, recumbent
bikes and three-wheeled bikes belonging
to people with an “identity card for passengers with a disability” for the price of
a standard bike.
1
The Velopass network (Western Switzerland and
Ticino) is being integrated in stages by PubliBike.
Trips with a rental bike.
Your bike to rent at the station.
You can rent bikes of different types,
from children’s bikes to tandems, at
around 80 train stations and at another
100 rental stations. You travel by train
without your own bike, select the suitable rental bike and enjoy flexible return
to another rental station. Rental bikes
from Rent a Bike are therefore a real
alternative to self-service loading of
bicycles.
Daily rental prices1.
•C
ountry bike, mountain bike or children’s
bike from CHF 30.
•E
-bike (from 16 years) from CHF 45.
•S
upplement for returning country bikes,
mountain bikes and children’s bikes at
a station other than where it was picked
up: CHF 7, or CHF 8 for e-bikes.
•T
andem from CHF 70; adult/child tandem
bikes and child trailers from CHF 15.
Select, reserve and rent.
•Y
ou can choose from country bikes,
mountain bikes, comfort and children’s
bikes, adult/child tandems and child trailers, as well as e-bikes and tandems.
•A
choice of 1500 e-bikes at 120 rental
stations.
Cycle tour offers 2013.
1. J ura: Noiraigue–Creux-du-Van–Noiraigue
2. H
eart route: Willisau–Burgdorf
3. T
icino: Airolo–Biasca
4. L ake Constance: Romanshorn–Romanshorn
5. L ake Murten: Murten – three lakes
round trip
6. L
ake Geneva: Lausanne–Romont
7. M
ont Soleil: Saignelégier–Mont Soleil–
Saignelégier
8. Valais: Oberwald–Fiesch–Brig
9. B
ernese Oberland: Interlaken round trip
10. E
astern Switzerland: Schaffhausen–
Winterthur
You can book all rental bike trips online at
sbb.ch/en/leisure-shop. Please take note
of the attractive RailAway discounts.
Further information is available at sbb.
ch/en/rentabike.
1
Price basis: adult with a GA travelcard, Half-Fare
travelcard or tickets from Swiss Travel System
(for passengers from abroad) and children up to
16 years
Tip: hand over your bike on Thursday
evening by 7 p.m. and collect it on
Saturday morning from 9 a.m. for a
relaxing biking weekend.
Frankfurt | Dortmund | Hamburg | Berlin
Stuttgart
Ulm | München
Freiburg
Version: 01. 2013
Due to lack of space, not all lines, bike rental and bike-sharing locations are given. Subject to modifications.
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Belfort
Railways
Weil a. R.
Delle
Boncourt
Basel
Bonfol
Le Noirmont
Les Planchettes
Les Brenets
Selzach
Grenchen
-Nord
-Süd
Magglingen/ Evilard/
Leubringen
Macolin
Arch
Chasseral
Biel/
Büren a/A
Bienne
Prêles
Le Landeron
La Neuveville
St-Blaise
Gampelen
Neuchâtel
Les Ponts-de-Martel
MarinKerzers
La Brévine
Ins
Les Grattes
Epagnier
Noiraigue
Colombier
Murten
Boudry
Les Bayards
Pontarlier
Salavaux
Fleurier
Buttes
Laupen BE
Provence St-Aubin Avenches
Dijon | Paris
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Payerne
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Horw
Hergiswil
Sarnen
Emmen
Luzern
Stans
Belp
Unterterzen
Glarus
Schwanden
Schwändi
Stoos
Seelisberg
Beckenried
Kies
Flüelen
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Vaduz
Walenstadt
Flums
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Romont
Spiez
Bulle
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Broc
Landquart
Mapragg
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Samnaun
Vättis
MtPèlerin
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Evian-lesBains
Nyon
Les
Pléiades
Davos
Montreux
Rochersde-Naye
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Corbeyrier
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Aigle Col-deVionnaz
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Bex
Aven
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Mustér
Leukerbad
Rawil
HauteNendaz
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Ravoire
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Sembrancher
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Thalkirch
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Chandolin
Sta. Maria
St. Moritz
Vissoie
Moiry
Stalden
Rossa
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Poschiavo
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Iselle di
Trasquera
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Monte
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Aix-les-Bains
Additional information on the area of validity for self-service loading of bicycles
Olten city bus network entire network.
Chur city bus network entire network and regional lines.
Zurich Transport Network ZVV Zurich Public Transport, Winterthur city bus (not at peak times), regional bus lines
(including postbus, not local buses), other railways (Polybahn and Dolderbahn), boats (Lake Zürich Navigation Company,
Horgen–Meilen ferries, Greifensee-Schifffahrt boats).
RBS/BSU entire bus network.
PostBus Switzerland Ltd entire network.
Monza
Torino
Stilfserjoch/
Stelvio
Bormio
Bernina
Diavolezza
Juf
Verbania
Aosta
Livigno
Samedan
Pontresina
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Sonogno
Torino
Novara
Mals/
Malles
Punt
1
la Drossa
Splügen
Fusio
Visp
Moosalp
S-charl
Zuoz
Faido
Brig
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Unterbäch
Siders
Vercorin
Scuol-Tarasp
Filisur
Andeer
Airolo
Oberwald
Wiler
Goppenstein
Erschmatt
Leuk
Crans
Arolla
Mauvoisin
F R A N C E
Vrin
Lukmanier
Passhöhe
Kandersteg
St. Niklaus
Martigny
Safien
Fiesch
Ovronnaz
Champéry
Stechelberg
Ftan
Zernez
Realp
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-Dorf
-Platz
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St-Maurice
Chêne-Bourg
Annemasse
Bellegarde
Adelboden
Lenk i. S.
St-Gingolph
Genève
Mürren
Wengen
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Ilanz
Ulrichen
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Vevey
Engelberg
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Martina
Klosters Platz
Chur
Hasliberg Gadmen
Meiringen
-Ost Iseltwald
Reuti
Göschenen
Bönigen
Guttannen
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Habkern
-West
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Frutigen
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Lungern
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Malbun
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Wald
Rüti ZH
Altdorf
Thun
L’Isle
Bière
Paris
Rothenburg
Littau
Schüpfheim
Brienz
Le Brassus
Lyon | Avignon
Langnau
Gümligen
Bern
Schwarzsee
St-Cergue
Wolhusen
Inwil
Rain
Hinwil
Rapperswil
Zug
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La Plaine
Langenthal
Riedtwil
Hinterkappelen
Thalwil
Beinwil
Menziken
Beromünster
Rickenbach
Herzogenbuchsee
Grossdietwil
Lyss
30 km
F R A N C E
Schöftland
St. Gallen
Gossau
Bauma
Uster
Esslingen
Zofingen
St. Urban
Solothurn
Zürich
Wil
Winterthur
Sonthofen
Bregenz
Rorschach
Uetliberg
Oensingen
Grenchenberg
Mellingen
Balsthal
Wiedlisbach
Tramelan
Le Locle
CERN
Zürich
Flughafen
Lenzburg
Suhr
Olten
Rebeuvelier
Moutier
Saignelégier
Goumois
Locations with bike rental and bike-sharing offer.
Biaufond
Only bike sharing is available at
La Chaux-de-Fonds
the CERN location.
GenèveAéroport
Delémont
Glovelier
Other bike rental locations (hotel, campsite, etc.).
Issue and return is only possible at the same rental station.
Aarau
Sulgen
Bülach
Baden
Gelterkinden
Laufen
St-Ursanne
Return station only for rental bikes.
Morez
Brugg
Immenstadt
Lindau
Weinfelden
Flaach
Niederweningen
Turgi
Stein-Säckingen
Frick
Romanshorn
Frauenfeld
Eglisau
Laufenburg
Pratteln
Liestal
Porrentruy
Station with bike-sharing offers only.
Sentier-Orient
Möhlin
Friedrichshafen
Kreuzlingen
Stein a. R.
Sissach
Station with bike rental and bike-sharing offer.
1:1.15 m
Bad
Zurzach
Lörrach
Rheinfelden
Station with bike rental offer.
20
Konstanz
Waldshut
Buses
10
Insel
Mainau
Meersburg
Schaffhausen
Basel Bad Bf
Basel St. Johann
Bike rental and bike-sharing locations
0
Radolfzell
Zell (Wiesental)
Rest of the network: Taking a bike with you may not always be possible or subject to a surcharge.
Please check the timetable in advance to make sure.
München
Ravensburg
Area of validity of the national tickets for self-service loading of bicycles
Railways
Buses
Funiculars
Boats
1
A reservation is required for the journey Zernez– Punt la Drossa – Mals.
Memmingen
Tuttlingen
Innsbruck | Salzburg | Wien
Summary of self-service loading of bicycles,
bike rental and bike-sharing locations
As the space available for self-service bike
loading on peak days can be subject to
capacity constraints, for safety reasons,
it is vital that you adhere to the following
regulations:
• W here capacity bottlenecks arise, please
wait for a later or additional train.
• O n the ICN you may only load your bike
on the train if you have a bike space
booked (21 March–31 October).
• You may only place bikes in the spaces
provided for them.
• Escape routes, entrances and exits must
always be kept fee and must not be blocked by bikes. It must always be possible
for passengers to move around freely.
• It is vital that you follow the instructions
of train staff.
• In good weather, please plan sufficient
time for your journey to the train station.
• T he blue train information board shows
you where the coach for self-service bike
loading is located. Please go to the relevant section before the train arrives.
• Please ensure that you can load your
bike or e-bike onto the train or bus by
yourself. Depending on the type of train,
bikes must be hung on bike hooks, and
this includes the ICN, InterRegio and
luggage van.
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