Re-boarding a train, it is possible?

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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That is an example of the specific case I mentioned, namely that the "off peak return" (that used to be the "saver return") is not valid for break of journey on the outward trip.

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Update: "Read together with my first post"

You can indeed re-board the train. I had a ticket Fribourg-ZH, went out in Bern, spent some time, took a later train to ZH, ticket punched by the inspector and no problem.

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That is theopposite experience of my brother who caught a train to Züri Flughafen and got off in Züri Stadt for a look around and was moaned at by the inspector and threatened with a fine (which he avoided).

I guess it depends on what kind of a day the inspector is having.

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Note that this is NOT the case at least in Basel. The 0.5/1/2 hour tickets specifically state that the ticket is not valid for travel A->B, B->A within that time. Not sure how closely they enforce this, or what they'd say if you take a circle route back.

I hope the 24h switchability does apply to the train tickets, following with interest.

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My Luzern - Zurich tickets used to be valid for 4 hours..

Only travel in same direction though

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I got caught before, after buying a ticket i hopped on the tram, went one stop, hopped off to use the ATM and got on the next tram to go back to where i started.

Ticket inspector was annoyed. He said i should have bought another to go back the way i came. I was shocked but... he let me off and i learned my lesson

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What about Australia?

And Canada?

And Bangladesh?

And Peru?

Come on, do you think the rules of how a train system works in foreign countries will help the OP with his question on how the Swiss system works?

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In the reverse of the OP's situation, if you have two separate tickets for a journey, you have to break your journey at the connecting point.

e.g. If you have a Zurich Card and are travelling outside the area of validity you need a second ticket for the remainder of the journey. You cannot travel on a through train that doesn't stop at the last stop in the Zurich Card area. You have to, in theory, get off at that stop and back on again.

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You absolutely are, unless the ticket type prohibits it (some Off Peak/Super Off Peak tickets do).

Neil

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Not only does it relate to a different country, it's also completely wrong.

Neil

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All Anytime tickets allow a break of journey in both directions. There is not scope to restrict it on that ticket type.

Some Off Peak tickets allow a break of journey on the return half only (this is most of them), some on both halves (this is most of the rest) and some (very few) not at all. You have to check this when you buy it.

No Advance tickets allow a break of journey other than as required to change trains.

Neil

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Really? I don't think you need to tell any inspectors about your potential layovers. According to the SBB official rule, with a one-way ticket you can break your journey as you want as long as you stick to the same route and direction.

I personally do a lot like this. One day in the summer I took the train near Gstaad. I got off at several small stations, walked to the next station by foot, where I re-entered the train the next hour. At the end of the day on my one-way ticket I got something like 6 or 7 stamps from conductors in different trains, and it was perfectly OK. They didn't ask me anything. Actually I was quite impressed: how they can tell that my ticket is still valid? I remember the last conductor just looked at my tickets for 3 seconds before he accepted that it was valid. In each stamp there is only the time and the train number. Is he supposed to remember the number, time and direction of every train?

As far as I remember, in the SBB official regulation there is also one "good exception": if you can show from the timetable that by making a partial return you arrive in the destination sonner, you can also make a partial return using the one-way ticket. For example, along the railway there are A->B->C->D. You travel from A to D. If you take a train from A to C, then another train C back to B, and then another train B to D, if the total travel time of this is shorter than any other possibilities that do not violate the "single direction" constraint, you are entitled to make this violation with your one-way ticket. But I think this situation rarely happens. If anyone benefited from this exception, please comment.

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The Zurich card is special as it doesn't even cover the whole zoned cantonal ZVV tarifzone. In addition SBB only Train rules differ to joint ZVV/SBB trains where a fare extension based on the ZVV/Z-Pass zonal system would allow you traverse without interruption.