You can select your seats by carriage and location (window, centre, aisle and single seat in First class). What’s more, if you are travelling on business, you can also reserve seats in the business zone online or via your mobile.

Please note that seats cannot be reserved on InterCity (IC) trains at the quietest times (before around 7 a.m. and after 10 p.m.). Simply look for the letter “R” under “Notes” in the timetable.

Online and via your mobile.

You can reserve seats online in the SBB Ticket Shop Business or via your mobile with the SBB Mobile Business app  on all trains marked with the letter “R” under “Notes” in the timetable.

• In the SBB Ticket Shop Business: You will find seat reservations under “Tickets for Switzerland” in the overview of products and services.
• Via the SBB Mobile Business app: Go to “Tickets” -> “Buy tickets for Switzerland” -> “Seat reservations for Switzerland” or click on the seat reservation symbol “R” next to your chosen service in the timetable.

Businesstravel Service Center.

For all other seat reservations, please contact the Businesstravel Service Center. This includes reservations for the dining car, where a booking surcharge of CHF 5 applies. Trains with compulsory seat reservations are marked with the symbol . Reservations for these can also be made via the Businesstravel Service Center:

Your reservation receipts will be sent to you by post within three working days. Alternatively, you can pick them up at any staffed station.

You can reserve up to five seats at once via your mobile or online. All of the seat reservations are issued on a single e-ticket. When making a booking, you just need to provide the name of one of the passengers. If you wish to reserve more than five seats, please contact the Businesstravel Service Center.

Standard reservation:

• Online: from 60 days to one day before you are due to travel.
• Mobile: from 30 days to one day before you are due to travel.
• Standard seat reservations are labelled as such on the train.

Express reservations:

An express reservation is a reservation which is made less than one calendar day before you are due to travel and the seat is not specifically labelled in the train. Express reservations can be made up to five minutes prior to departure.

Standard and express reservations cost CHF 5 each.