Jurre1000
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hello everybody,
On the 10th of august 2014 I will be travelling with the EC 323. From Zurich to Milano. (The EC 323 will go to Chiasso and there I have to change to the S11, towards Milano). Well, Interrail says that you have to make a reservation for the eurocity train but i'm not sure about that. What do you think?
Thanks for help;)
Greets, jurre
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi Jurre,
yes, a reservation is compulsory for travel on the EC from Zürich to Milano , but only within Italy and for journeys between Switzerland and Italy. This means that you can use EC 323 without a reservation until the Swiss border station of Chiasso and change there to a local train:
Zürich HB 1732 - 2048 Chiasso
Chiasso 2116 - 2221 Milano Porta Garibaldi
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Flo 8)
Jurre1000
Traveller
2 comments
Hi Flo,
First of all, thank you very much for your quick response. So what you say is that if I would take the trains that you recommend, then i don't need a reservation? i can take the eurocity till Chiasso without a reservation?
Greets
Jurre
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Yes.
K_from_Swiss
Traveller
2 comments
A reservation is officially included with tickets from Italy to Switzerland (and vv.) however I have often traveled on a different train than the one I reserved on that route, and never with any problem. For a while SBB tickets to/from Milano even carried the explicit text that they were valid on any train on the route on the day of validity.
I once bought a ticket Milano - Bern in Milano, and then immediately took the earlier Milano - Geneve EC since that was the train I wanted to get back home, but the ticket clerk refused to sell me a ticket that involved a change in Switzerland. I don't mind changing trains in Brig however, and had no problem with the conductor.
My impression is thus that the rule that reservation is required in Italy is not enforced on Switzerland - Italy EC trains, and that thus you can go all the way to Milano without a reservation.
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Interesting read, thank you. :)
To be absoulutely safe (with a Rail Pass) you can always take a regional train to Chiasso/Domodossola and continue from there without a reservation.