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SBB Mobile (mobile phones).

SBB Mobile on a Nokia Phone

SBB Mobile offers:

  • Door-to-door travel information
  • Real-time information in the event of an incident
  • “Take me Home” function with GPS support
  • Buy and display tickets for public transport services
  • Ticket payment via credit card and PostFinance Card

Download

Ticket Shop registration.

Do you want to use SBB Mobile for buying tickets as well as for timetable queries?
Then register for SBB Mobile under "Login Ticket Shop".


For Nokia customers.



For BlackBerry customers.



SMS Download.

Send an SMS with MOBILE E to 222 (CHF 0.60/SMS).


WAP Download.

Enter www.rail.ch/sbbmobile in the Mobile Browser.



Information

Timetable features.

  • Enter stations/stops, addresses and landmarks
  • Urban, national and international timetables (as per SBB online timetable)
  • Real-time information in the event of an incident (delays, alternative connections, cancellations, platform alterations, rail traffic information, strikes and occupancy display)
  • Intermediate stop display (route information)
  • GPS support (search for nearby stations/stops)
  • “Take me Home” function

Real-time travel timetables.

Optimally informed also underway. During your journey you are permanently informed with available real-time information about departure and arrival times, track changes, etc.


Precise location addresses.

Your connection enquiries are made over an expandable and learn-capable locations list that besides railway stations and stops can also comprise addresses or places of interest.


Map support.

You don’t really know your way around in a particular location? Then permit yourself being shown the path from the stop to your destination on the map. Or use the «Take me home» function: SBB Mobile guides you home in the best possible way from every location in Switzerland – and if available, even with GPS support (Smartphones with Symbian™ OS from Version 9).


Buying tickets.

  • Direct entry of departure point and destination
  • Tickets are individual and non-transferable
  • Buy via the timetable
  • Use your favourites list to quickly buy tickets you have purchased before
  • If you are not making the return journey on the same day, please buy a single ticket for each day
  • Display the tickets: Menu “Tickets” “Display tickets”

Ticket for accompanying passengers.
“Ticket for accompanying passengers” offers the option of purchasing the same ticket for a maximum of 8 additional passengers travelling with you. The class and destinations cannot be changed. Please note: When buying tickets for accompanying passengers, you must travel together for the outward and return journeys.

Paying.

The SBB MobileTicket Shop accepts payment using the following credit cards:

  • PostFinance Card
  • VISA
  • Mastercard
  • Diners
  • Amexco
  • JCB
  • AirPlus
  • (not possible to pay by invoice or with an EC Card)

Available tickets.

The following range of tickets is available from the SBB Mobile.

National tickets.

  • Standard tickets Switzerland
  • Class upgrade (on specific route)
  • 1-day travelpass (with Half-Fare travelcard)
  • Class upgrade for a day for GA or travelpass
  • 1-day travelpass valid from 9 a.m. (with Half-Fare travelcard)
  • Class upgrade for a day from 9 a.m.
  • 1-day travelpass for children
  • City-City Ticket
  • Day Pass full fare for bicycle
  • Day Pass reduced fare for bicycle
  • 1-day travelpass for dogs

Regional tickets.

Traffic communitiesTickets
Zürcher VerkehrsverbundSingle ticket/day pass, 9 o’clock day pass, class upgrade, zone upgrade, supplement night network, ZürichCARD 24 hours, ZürichCARD 72 hours, Individual ticket/Day Pass city network Zürich (Zone 10), Individual ticket/Day Pass city network Winterthur (Zone 20)
Ostwind (St. Gallen, Appenzell, Thurgau)Single ticket, day pass, day pass PLUS, extension ticket, single ticket Frauenfeld, class upgrade, supplement night network
A-Welle (Aargau)Single ticket, day pass, 9 o'clock day pass, supplement night network, class upgrade, extension ticket
Libero (Bern, Solothurn)Single ticket, day pass, class upgrade
Passepartout (Luzern, Obwalden, Nidwalden)Single ticket, day pass, class upgrade, supplement night network
Mobilis (Vaud)Single ticket, class upgrade, zone upgrade, day pass, supplement night network Pyjama
Tarifverbund NordwestschweizSingle ticket, day pass, centre day pass, special ticket, class upgrade
unireso (Genève)Single ticket, day pass, day pass from 9 o'clock, class upgrade
Onde Verte (Neuchâtel)Single ticket, 24 hours card, class upgrade, extension ticket,
Tarifverbund ZugSingle ticket, day pass, class upgrade, Schwyz and Zug Tariff Community combined day pass, supplement night network
Frimobil (Fribourg/Freiburg)Single ticket, day pass, class upgrade, extension ticket
Tarifverbund SchwyzSingle ticket, day pass, class upgrade, Schwyz and Zug Tariff Community combined day pass, supplement night network
Tarifverbund Berner OberlandSingle ticket Bödeli, day pass Bödeli
FlexTax (Schaffhausen)Supplement night network
  

NB: The range of tickets available is regularly expanded.

Other functions.

  • The connections or purchased tickets displayed may be saved as favourites and then simply renewed.
  • RSS feeds (rail traffic information, SBB media releases and tips & tricks)
  • All timetable enquiries and ticket purchases may be viewed in the history list
  • Languages: English, German, French and Italian
  • Automatic updates as soon as these are available

System requirements.

If you want to install the SBB MobileTicket Shop on your mobile phone, you will need:

  • A Java-compatible mobile phone
  • An internet connection for your registration
  • A mobile phone contract or prepaid card from a Swiss mobile network provider

Costs

SBB Mobile is made available to you free of charge. With the download of the application, as well as when calling up information about travel timetables, maps and other information, costs are made only for the data transfer volumes according to the conditions of your mobile service provider. The respective data volumes are viewed on the table below

Data volume.

Data volume.
Content Data volume.
Download of the Mobile application approx. 285 KB
Travel timetable update approx. 2 – 10 KB
Map (per zoom-level/scale change) loading approx. 100 KB
Real-time information enquiries approx. 0.2 – 3 KB
News, RSS Feed update approx. 0.2 – 3 KB