You can access the timetable directly on the SBB.ch homepage or in the ‘Plan’ tab in the SBB Mobile/SBB Preview app.

On SBB.ch.

1. Go to the SBB.ch homepage.
2. Click on ‘Sign in’ and sign in with your SwissPass login.
3. Enter the desired route and select the connection that you want to save.
4. Then click on ‘Save journey’.
5. Scroll down until you get to ‘My trip journeys’. You will find your saved journeys there. Once you have saved more than three journeys, you can view them by clicking on ‘Load more’.

You can delete saved journeys by selecting the saved connection and clicking on ‘Delete journey’. 

Any journeys saved on SBB.ch are also displayed in the SBB Mobile app. For this to work across the board, you will need to download the latest version of the SBB Mobile app. This has been available in app stores since 21 February 2024. You will also need to be logged in with the same account.

In the SBB Mobile app.

You can find out how to save a trip under:

The following days are public holidays which apply throughout Switzerland:

• 1 and 2 January.
• Good Friday.
• Easter Monday.
• Ascension.
• Whit Monday.
• 1 August.
• 25 and 26 December.

A complete overview of the current service situation is available on the “Operations and disruptions” page.

If you would like to be informed about changes to your journey, such as platform changes, delays or cancellations, you can subscribe to notifications about the connection via the SBB Mobile app. Swipe your preferred connection to the right. 

Alternatively, select your preferred connection, go to the detailed view and click on 'Add to My Trips'.

The connections you have subscribed to will be shown in the ‘Trips and Tickets’ section. By subscribing to a journey, you will be kept informed about developments on that route in real time via push notifications. For this to work, please ensure that you have turned on notifications in the app under ‘Settings’ -> ‘Notifications’. You can turn on notifications for information relating to disruption (platform changes, cancellations, delays) and also for information relating to changing vehicles.

If you no longer wish to receive information about the journeys you have subscribed to, you can turn off notifications for them at any time. To do so, please return to the ‘Trips and Tickets’ section and delete the relevant connection. You will then receive no further notifications for that connection.

• Delays.
• Delays affecting critical changes of train.
• Delays of unspecified duration.
• Cancellations.
• Alternative connections.
• Platform alterations.
• Unscheduled station stops.
• Unscheduled omissions of station stops.

The following are inputted manually:

• Disruptions.
• Information.
• Delays.
• Rail replacement services.
• Engineering work.
• Any other notices.

• Under 3 minutes: no indication(?)Show note indicationException: If an alternative journey is shown, delays of one minute or more will be shown. Close note.
  
• From 3 to 20 minutes: in minute intervals.
• From 21 to 90 minutes: rounded down to the nearest 5 minutes.
• From 91 minutes: the newly calculated departure time will be shown.

Delays of unspecified duration: the exact extent of the delay cannot be estimated currently. A more reliable forecast will be added as soon it is possible.

The online channels retrieve their data via a different path to the departure boards at stations. The data processing and transfer time means that data appear on online channels with a delay of 1-2 minutes.

On Swiss railways, “unspecified delay” means that no prediction can be made as to when a service will continue its journey or stop at or depart from a later station.  

Possible reasons for an “unspecified delay”:

• A train has a technical problem at the station or on the route which cannot be resolved within a fixed time frame.
• A problem with the infrastructure cannot be resolved within a fixed time frame, causing suspension of service on the line (e.g. broken rail, damage to the catenary).
• Natural disasters (e.g. landslide) causing suspension of service on the line. 
• There is a medical emergency.

We offer confirmations of delays, for the following transport companies:

• SBB
• Zentralbahn
• SOB
• Thurbo
• BLS
• TPF
• Region Alps

You can download the confirmation yourself. Here’s how it works:

1. Search for the delayed connection in the online timetable at SBB.ch. 
2. Click on the connection and then select ‘Delay confirmation’ via the menu (three dots). 
3. You can now download a PDF confirming the delay.

Which transport companies do I receive delay confirmations from?

We offer confirmations of delays, for the following transport companies:

• SBB
• Zentralbahn
• SOB
• Thurbo
• BLS
• TPF
• Region Alps

For all other transport companies, please contact the customer service of the individual transport company.

The timetable is updated promptly and in advance with planned changes to travel times due to engineering works. If you receive a message that says the timetable has been updated due to engineering works, you can assume that the relevant changes are visible in the timetable and the connections affected have been updated. Aside from engineering works, disruptions can also lead to unplanned changes at short notice. We therefore recommend that you always check your connection before departure in the online timetable or the SBB Mobile app.

The reasons may be the following:

• The train is cancelled, e.g. because of engineering works.
• Timetable data for international passenger services is not up to date because the timetable data abroad is often not updated as frequently as data from Switzerland.

The calculations behind it are highly complex. The following rules influence the search results:

• Priority 1: the fastest connection.
• Priority 2: the most convenient connection (fewest changes).
• Priority 3: the connection with the best train categories (e.g. an IC has priority over an S-Bahn).

The search results generated by this base calculation can also be influenced by:

• Personalised settings which display, for example, ‘via’, connections for taking bicycles or accessible connections.
• popular alternative routes: for example, for the Bern – Brig route, both possible routes (1× via Lötschberg tunnel and 1× via the mountain route) are shown in the timetable.

All timetable queries take real time data into account. That means that alternative routes can also be offered.

Since stations and stops differ in size, passengers need different lengths of time to get from A to B.

The timetable therefore provides different interchange times for switching from one mode of transport to another for each stop. The standard time is 2 minutes. However, for larger stations, this interchange time is increased, for instance, to 7 minutes for Zürich HB.

You can also customise the interchange time on SBB.ch.

• Go to ‘Settings’ and click on the circle next to ‘Interchange time’.
• You can then extend the interchange time by 50% or 100% (twice as long). 

Note: You cannot adjust the interchange time in the SBB Mobile / Preview app.

We regularly update our timetable data so that SBB Mobile and SBB.ch always get you the best services. This takes account of timetable adjustments for building works as well as extra services put on for special events.

We are also constantly expanding the scope of the real-time information that we have stored to inform you quickly and reliably in the event of disruptions or platform or formation changes, for example.  

The target data reflects the planned status of the timetable – how the timetable should look, in other words. The actual data, however, shows the current service status at any given time: i.e. the actual rail traffic situation – including any disruptions. Both types of data are combined to calculate the best service for you.

The timetable data for the annual timetable change (the second Sunday in December each year) is available around six months in advance and is regularly updated from this point onwards.

Provisional connections are marked with ‘PF Provisional timetable. Check timetable before starting your journey’. We recommend that you check these connections again shortly before starting your journey.

There may also be changes during the current timetable period, for example, due to construction work or additional journeys added for major events. These changes are incorporated into the timetable on an ongoing basis.

Within Switzerland, the timetable data for all transport companies is integrated. For international journeys, we obtain data from the European timetable database.

With the exception of shipping, mountain railway and a few smaller bus companies, the majority of public transport companies in Switzerland provide real-time information

All public transport companies in Switzerland deliver information for accessible travel

The stops, addresses and sights recommended depend on the following criteria:

1. Number of elements in the information entered corresponding to the stop name. Example: Entry “mün mät” for “Münchenbuchsee, Mätteli”.
2. Corresponding character length. 
   Example: Entry “Langen Kantonalbank” for “Langenthal, Tell/Kantonalbank”. “Langnau am Albis, Zürcher Kantonalbank” is weighted less because the text is longer.
3. Weighting of traffic volume.
   If a stop is served by a higher number of journeys, this is listed first.
   Example: When entering “Zürich”, “Zürich HB” comes up before “Zürich Flughafen” or “Zürich Altstetten”.
4. Sequence of locations.
   If stops have already been searched once before, they are listed first.

For changes, the same information is displayed in the SBB Mobile app and in the online timetable on SBB.ch, only they are displayed slightly differently.

Interchange at the same stop.

Given in the timetable as interchange with no time or metre distance indications.

Example: From Bern, platform 4 to Bern, platform 10. 

Interchange at the same location, but to a different transport service.

Given in the timetable as “walk”, including time indication, but no distance indication in metres.

Example: From Luzern, platform 3 to Luzern, Bahnhof, stand B.

Note: If the stop carries the adjunct “station”, this refers to a bus or tram stop outside of the railway station. 

Example: The stop “Luzern” = railway station. “Luzern, Bahnhof” = bus/tram stop.

Travel from/to address.

Given in the timetable as “walk” including time indication and distance indication in metres, since geographical coordinates are available.

Transfer on foot + by bus/tram.

Listed in the timetable as walk+bus or walk+tram, including time indication, but without distance indication.

öv-info.ch (in German, French and Italian only) provides a list of all the symbols used in the timetable.

The online timetable (SBB.ch) shows whether your train journey is accessible (“barrier-free”). You can filter the following barrier-free statuses using the “Settings”.

• Show all connections.
• Only connections without shuttle.
• Only connections without registration.
• Only connections without assistance.

Meaning of the icons:

1. Independent boarding/alighting.
2. Board/alight with train crew assistance.
3.  Board/alight with staff assistance, register in advance.
4.  By shuttle to the accessible stop, register in advance.

If the whole connection shows the status “Only connections without assistance”, you can travel without assistance. 

To use other connections, you may need help boarding or alighting. In this case, our staff can help you: reserve help via Contact Center Handicap, telephone number 0800 007 102 (toll-free in Switzerland, from 5am to 12pm).

You can find more information on accessible travel in the brochure “Accessible travel. Public transport passengers with reduced mobility” or directly online.  

A dividing train is a train which divides into two separate train compositions en route. These units serve different destination stations. In short: a train with two destinations. You can identify dividing trains by the symbol of a branching arrow provided in the train information in the SBB Mobile app and on SBB.ch.

On SBB.ch and in SBB Mobile you have the option of choosing trains of a given category. This way you can influence the choice of connections shown. Generally, when making a general search for connections (without applying filters) the most convenient and fastest connection is selected.

• To limit search to certain means of transport on SBB.ch, simply click on ‘Settings’ to the right, once you have entered your departure and destination locations.
• To open the advanced search in the SBB Mobile app, tap the symbol with the three circles on the three lines on the right-hand side when searching the timetable.

Your preferred connection on SBB.ch may not be shown for various reasons:

• The interchange time falls short of the required interchange time (or that set in the settings).
• A faster, more convenient connection is available.
• You have restricted your selection via the settings.

You may be able to find your preferred connection by selecting “Alternative connections.” in the “Settings” and choosing “Also include other origin and destination points in the vicinity”. Reason: Construction works can mean that stops are temporarily moved.  

• You can exclude tilting trains via “Settings” choosing “Travel comfort” on SBB.ch.
• This connection filter is not available in the SBB Mobile app.

You can request the integration of the timetable quickly and easily.

You can find pocket timetables, departure boards and network maps, as well as personal pocket timetables for any route, on the “PDF timetables” page.

All timetables in the official timetable of Switzerland are available at öv-info.ch.

Due to the sharp downturn in demand in recent years following the newly offered digital format for timetables, the official timetable is no longer printed. However, you can still find it in PDF form at fahrplanfelder.ch/en.