The Children’s Co-Travelcard allows children aged at least 6 and under 16 to travel for free for a whole year throughout Switzerland when accompanied by a person aged 16 or over.

• The companion must hold a valid ticket for 2nd or 1st class (e.g. a ticket, GA Travelcard, Point-to-Point Travelcard); the child can travel in either class for free.
  
• The Children’s Co-Travelcard is issued on the SwissPass.
• A companion can take a maximum of four children with them. Each child must have their own Children’s Co-Travelcard.

The Children’s Co-Travelcard has the same area of validity as the Half Fare Travelcard.

If a child travels together with their grandma or together with their grandpa, a separate Children’s Co-Travelcard is required for both their grandma and for their grandpa.

If a child travels with their grandma and their grandpa also comes along, then only one Children’s Co-Travelcard is required (for grandma and child).

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is always valid for the child and the stated companion.

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is valid for children aged 6 or over and under 16 for one year or until the day before their 16th birthday (at the latest).

• A companion can take a maximum of four children with them. Each child must have a valid Children’s Co-Travelcard. 
• If you are travelling with more than four children (for example, on a school trip, for a child’s birthday, as part of a club, in a group, as a company or institution etc.), all children aged 6 or over must hold their own ticket.
• For groups (of children) of 10 or more passengers, you can purchase group tickets.
• Splitting up the group is not permitted, for example, travelling as several companions with four children each with a Children’s Co-Travelcard.

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No. The Children’s Co-Travelcard is only valid for travel with a companion (aged 16 or over). The companion must have a valid ticket for 1st or 2nd class.

Yes. Every child who holds a public transport travelcard (e.g. Junior Travelcard, Children’s Co-Travelcard, Regional Travelcard) on the SwissPass has their own SwissPass card. All public transport travelcards are then stored on this card.

• The Children’s Co-Travelcard is a personal travelcard and is therefore only stored on the child’s own personal SwissPass.
• Other travelcards: as the child grows older, it is increasingly likely that they will purchase other personal travelcards for travelling independently. A large number of children under 16 already have their own SwissPass card.
• Additional advantages: the child will also be able to enjoy other advantages. For example, partner services such as ski passes or admission tickets that are deposited on the SwissPass card.
• Sustainability: the card can be used for five years and can hold numerous different offers. This means that a new plastic card doesn’t need to be produced every year.

The holder of the travelcard is always the child.

No. Each child receives their own SwissPass card.

Notes.

The Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard can be checked both on the child’s personal SwissPass card/SwissPass Mobile and on the SwissPass card/SwissPass Mobile of the accompanying parent or companion. It is therefore enough simply to present the SwissPass/SwissPass Mobile belonging to the accompanying parent or companion when the Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard is checked. 

To ensure ticket inspection is possible via the app, the child and/or the accompanying companion must have a SwissPass login and have linked it to the app. You will find instructions on how to do this on the general questions on logins page. 

Important: Only the Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard can be checked via the SwissPass/SwissPass Mobile of the accompanying parent or companion. All other travelcards can still only be checked via the child’s personal SwissPass. 

No. Each person can hold only one active SwissPass card.

If for example the child loses their SwissPass card and a replacement SwissPass card was therefore issued, the first card is blocked and can no longer be used. That is how we prevent misuse of the first card.

Yes. The Children’s Co-Travelcard is linked to the companion’s SwissPass. The child remains the holder of the travelcard. 

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is now only available on the SwissPass. The standard range is available if you travel with children without the Children’s Co-Travelcard – for example, the Day Pass Children for CHF 19 (2nd class) or CHF 33 (1st class). The Day Pass Children is valid across the GA Travelcard area of validity.

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is issued per child and companion and costs CHF 30.

Initial purchase on the SwissPass card.

You can buy the Children’s Co-Travelcard on the SwissPass at any staffed public transport point of sale. Read the questions in the Photo and Documents sections.

Online renewal.

As long as no changes are needed, you can renew the Children’s Co-Travelcard conveniently online. (You do not need a login)..

Here’s how it works.

1. The registered companion receives a reminder by e-mail.
2. Click on the link in the e-mail and renew the Children’s Co-Travelcard.

Would you rather receive an SMS text than an e-mail? On swisspass.ch, you can change the contact channels under ‘Contact channel’ as the companion.

Renewal at the ticket machine.

Alternatively, you can also renew the Children’s Co-Travelcard at ticket machines. Use the scan function to do so.

• On swisspass.ch – both in the child’s account and in the account of the registered accompanying person.
• At ticket machines – by scanning the SwissPass card of the child or the registered companion.
• Using the digital SwissPass (e.g. in the SBB Mobile app) – in the child’s account as well as in the companion’s account. 

We will inform the registered companion as follows:

• 6 weeks before the last day of validity of the travelcard, we send information telling you that it will soon expire – by SMS text or e-mail depending on your preference. The message will contain a link which you can click on to renew your travelcard conveniently.
• Shortly before / after the first and last day of validity, we will send another reminder – by SMS text or e-mail depending on your preference.

Initial purchase on the SwissPass card.

For an initial purchase, the following payment methods are available at staffed points of sale: cash, vouchers, Reka Check, Reka Rail, Twint, debit or credit card (PostFinance Card / PostFinance Pay, Mastercard, Visa, Reka Card, American Express, Diners, JCB or myOne).

Renew (the Children’s Co-Travelcard is already on the SwissPass).

If you renew the Children’s Co-Travelcard online, you can pay with a credit card, PostFinance Card / PostFinance Pay, Reka card, by monthly invoicing or with Twint.

If you renew the Children’s Co-Travelcard at a staffed point of sale, the following payment methods are available: cash, vouchers, Reka Check, Reka Rail, Twint, debit or credit card (PostFinance Card / PostFinance Pay, Mastercard, Visa, Reka Card, American Express, Diners, JCB or myOne).

If the child is unable to come to the counter, please bring a current digital photo with you.

Requirements.

• Taken from the front (shot from the front, looking at the camera).
• Eyes open and not covered (i.e. no sunglasses, no hair in front of eyes).
• Face fully visible and uncovered.
• No headwear. Exceptions for health or religious reasons upon request.
• The background should ideally be single-colour and neutral, with high contrast between the head and the background.
• The lighting should be even across the photo (no shadows on face).
• A sharp and high-contrast photo.
• Black and white or colour shot.
• Approx. size 35mm × 45mm.
• Digital passport photo: unedited, min. image size 400 × 512 pixels; in .JPG or .JPEG format with a maximum size of 6MB.

Purchasing the travelcard for the first time at a staffed point of sale.

If the child is unable to come to the counter, please bring a current digital photo with you.

Online renewal of a Children’s Co-Travelcard.

If the child already holds a SwissPass, the same photo will be used. Children and young people aged at least 6 and under 25 only need a new photo if the current photo was taken more than five years ago.

If you would like a new photo for your child’s SwissPass before the five-year time limit has been reached, please visit a staffed public transport point of sale with the child. The new photo will be taken directly on site. Alternatively, you can bring a digital photo of your child with you. You – or your child – will then receive a new SwissPass card with the new photo. This costs CHF 30.

For the initial purchase of a Children’s Co-Travelcard, please bring a valid official ID for both the child and the companion.

No. If you always just show the SwissPass card, a separate login is not needed. The child only needs a login if they want to show the Junior Travelcard in an app (e.g. SBB Mobile).

If you want to set up a separate customer account for the child, you need a separate e-mail address for the child. If you have your own customer account on swisspass.ch, you cannot use your e-mail address. Every person with a SwissPass needs their own e-mail address. You will find instructions on how to do this on the general questions on logins page. 

However, you can give your e-mail address for correspondence so that you receive all the relevant information. Go to ‘Customer data’ on swisspass.ch using the child’s login and untick ‘Use login e-mail as contact address’ under ‘Correspondence’. Enter your email address instead.

Tip: 

Select ‘No’ under ‘Contact channel’ for the SwissPass newsletter so that you do not receive the newsletter twice (if you have a customer account yourself on swisspass.ch and you have entered your e-mail address as the correspondence address for the child).

In the profile on SBB.ch.

Untick the box about receiving information from SBB under ‘Notifications’ so that the SBB newsletter is not sent to your e-mail address twice (if your e-mail address is also given as the correspondence address for the child).

Does your child already have a SwissPass card?

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is integrated on the SwissPass from its first day of validity.

Is this your child’s first SwissPass card?

The Children’s Co-Travelcard on the SwissPass will be delivered within around ten days by post. If you need the Children’s Co-Travelcard before then, you can receive a temporary SwissPass from us.

Renewing the Children’s Co-Travelcard on the SwissPass.

The Children’s Co-Travelcard on the SwissPass is valid from the first day of validity.

• During the ticket inspection, either the child presents their own SwissPass card or you as the companion show your SwissPass card. The Children’s Co-Travelcard can be checked on both the child’s and the companion’s SwissPass. 
• The passenger attendant will check whether the right person is travelling with the child. The first names, surnames and photographs of the permitted companions or children are shown to the train crew via the ticket checking device. This information is then checked against the valid official ID or SwissPass presented.
• You must also show your own ticket or travelcard (separate ticket, GA Travelcard etc.) at the same time.
• If the child and/or the companion use SwissPass Mobile (e.g. in the SBB Mobile app), the Children’s Co-Travelcard can also be checked on a smartphone.

Yes. To display the child’s SwissPass Card via the SwissPass Mobile function (e.g. in the SBB Mobile app), the child needs their own SwissPass login. The Children’s Co-Travelcard can also be inspected via the SwissPass Mobile function of the companion who is travelling with the child (e.g. in the SBB Mobile app). You will find instructions on how to do this on the general questions on logins page. 

To ensure ticket inspection is possible via the app, the child and/or the companion must have a SwissPass login and have linked it to the app. You will find instructions on how to do this on the general questions on logins page. 

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No, exchanges and refunds are not possible for the Children’s Co-Travelcard.

Children’s Co-Travelcard on the SwissPass.

• Tip: The Children’s Co-Travelcard can also be checked via the SwissPass or SwissPass Mobile of the companion. (e.g. in the SBB Mobile app). To ensure ticket inspection is possible via the app, the accompanying person must have a SwissPass login and have linked it to the app. You will find instructions on how to do this on the general questions on logins page.
• If your SwissPass card is lost or stolen, you can order a new one. This costs CHF 30. 

No. If you always just show the SwissPass card, a separate login is not needed. The child only needs a login if they want to show the Children’s Co-Travelcard in an app (e.g. SBB Mobile).