Help with seat reservations for Switzerland and Europe.

Reserve a seat before the start of your journey to make your train journeys within Switzerland and to Europe as convenient as possible.

Seat reservation for Switzerland.

How do I reserve seats for 1 to 9 people in the SBB Mobile app?

Here’s how it works:

  1. Open the SBB Mobile app. 
  2. Select the timetable and search for the route, time and date of travel you would like. 
  3. Select ‘Tickets from CHF xx.xx’. 
  4. If you would like to make a reservation for multiple people, tap on ‘Edit passengers’ (pencil icon) and enter/select the additional passengers. 
  5. Select ‘Add reservation’ if you would like to purchase the reservation together with the ticket, or scroll down and select ‘Reservation only’.
  6. Once you have checked the box next to the route you wish to reserve (red tick), a small arrow will appear on the far right. Tap on this arrow to select your preferred seat on the coach plan.
  7. After you have chosen your seat, tap on ‘Purchase ticket for CHF xx.xx’ and complete your purchase. 

How do I reserve seats for 1 to 9 people on SBB.ch?

Here’s how it works:

  1. Go to SBB.ch.
  2.   Select your desired route, time and travel date in the timetable.
  3.   Click on ‘Select tickets’.  
    • If you would like to make a reservation for more than one person, click on the pencil symbol and enter/select the additional passengers.
    • If you wish to make a reservation without using a SwissPass login, click on ‘Purchase as a guest’ and enter your name, date of birth, email address and discount card details.
  4.   If you wish to reserve a seat without purchasing a ticket, scroll down to ‘Additional services’ and select ‘Seat reservation only’.  
  5.   To choose your seat, click on ‘Seat reservation’ and then on ‘Select seat’. Select your preferred seat on the coach plan.  
  6.   Click on ‘Accept’ and complete the purchase.  

Of course, you can also reserve seats at a public transport point of sale.

Questions and answers on seat reservations for Switzerland.

Seat reservations for Europe.

Other customers are asking these questions.

  • Seat reservations deleted when booking online

    Hi, noob here. I bought saver tickets for Brussels-St Gallen via Koln and Zurich. When presented with price options, I chose a slightly more expensive saver allowing changes or refunds. However the seat reservations which had been included during the booking then disappeared - they were listed, but greyed out with a line through them. Naturally for such a long journey I prefer to have reserved seats, why were they cancelled, and how can I get them back? Thanks in advance.

  • Adding Infant to Reservation

    I have purchased 2 tickets from Geneva to Annecy and forgot to add my infant daughter (less than 1 year at time of travel) to the reservation. Is there anyway to add her to my existing reservation?

  • Unable to purchase tickets from Colombia

    Hello, I’m trying to buy the tickets I need for my family trip on September 23rd, but since Saturday, neither the app nor the website will allow me to complete the payment. I’d like to know why this is happening. On the Bernina Express website, I was able to purchase the required seats, but I haven’t been able to buy the ticket, which is sold by SBB. I’ve tried with a Visa card and also with another Mastercard, and the payment has been declined. Perhaps there are some countries with payment restrictions? I would appreciate any help you can provide so I can resolve this and complete the purchase. Thank you very much.

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