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What is a Swiss Pass card?

The SwissPass gives you access to public transport and countless other partner services. Use it for your Half Fare, GA or Regional Travelcard, as the key to your Mobility car or the pass for your ski resort. And, what's more, you can also benefit from discounts thanks to special offers.



The SwissPass (often confused with the Swiss Travel Pass) is the primary digital identity card for public transport in Switzerland. It is a credit-card-sized red card that serves as a central storage device for all your travel cards and subscriptions, such as the GA Travelcard, the Half Fare Travelcard, and even regional or local passes. Unlike a traditional ticket, the SwissPass does not always have your travel details printed on it; instead, it contains a chip that ticket inspectors scan to see your active subscriptions in the national database. In 2026, the SwissPass has expanded its utility beyond just trains and buses; it can also hold your ski passes for various resorts, car-sharing memberships (like Mobility), and even access to certain bike-sharing systems. For tourists, while the "Swiss Travel Pass" is the all-in-one ticket they usually buy, the physical SwissPass card is the long-term hardware used by residents and frequent visitors to manage their transportation lifestyle in one of the world's most efficient transit networks.

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Rail passes are almost always a smart buy for Switzerland, with its fairly high pay-as-you-go ticket costs and excellent transportation system. The Swiss Travel Pass is a particularly good deal, as it covers nearly all transport in Switzerland — not only trains, but buses, boats, and many high-mountain lifts.

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Mountain excursions are not included with the Swiss Travel Pass (with the exception of Mt Rigi, Stanserhorn, and Stoos as mentioned above), but you do get a discount on most of them. Under 'mountain excursions' they mean cable cars, gondolas, funiculars, cogwheel trains, trains to the mountain peaks, etc.

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The Swiss Travel Pass and Swiss Half Fare Card can be used simply by showing the printed ticket or displaying the QR code on your mobile device. For Swiss Travel Pass Flex holders, please follow the instructions on how to activate the day(s) when you want to use the pass.

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The Swiss Travel Pass covers the Jungfrau Area, providing you access to many stunning destinations. However, it's important to note that while most of the area is included, the specific route from Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch is not covered entirely.

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The Glacier Express & Bernina Express are Switzerland's two most scenic train journeys and these Panoramic journeys are free with your Swiss Travel Pass. However you need to pay a compulsory seat reservation fee regardless of whether you are holding a travel pass or point to point ticket.

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It's as simple as this:
  1. Log into e-banking. You log into your bank's e-banking service in the usual way.
  2. Activate eBill. Choose the menu item “eBill” and activate SBB as invoice issuer.
  3. Enter customer no. Enter your customer number, which you will find on the front of your SwissPass.
  4. Pay invoice.


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If you are wondering which mountain excursions are 100% included in the Swiss Travel Pass, the answer is: Stanserhorn, Rigi, Stoos, Brunni and Klewenalp. To obtain tickets for any cable car, funicular or cog railway, you should present your Swiss Travel Pass at the ticket office.

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What is a Swiss Travel Pass? With a Swiss Travel Pass you get unlimited travel on trains, buses and boats to reach popular cities such as Bern, Basel, Geneva, Interlaken, Lucerne, Innsbruck, Zurich and Lausanne as well as the country's greatest natural highlight, the Swiss Alps.

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100 % free travel with: Swiss GA/AG Card. Lake Lucerne-Pass.

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