Online on SBB.ch with a login.

Here’s how it works:

1. Enter the route into the timetable and select your preferred connection.
2. Click on ‘Process passengers’. For the dog ticket, add DOG after your surname in capital letters, select Half Fare Travelcard under the discount cards and click on ‘Accept’.
3. (If you also need a ticket for yourself, click on ‘Add passengers’ and enter your details before clicking on ‘Accept’.)
4. Choose between ‘single journey’ and ‘single and return journey’.
5. Go to the check-out and purchase the ticket with your preferred payment method.

Online on SBB.ch without a login.

Here’s how it works:

1. Enter the route into the timetable and select your preferred connection.
2. To purchase a ticket for your dog, enter your first name under ‘First name’, enter your surname followed by DOG in capital letters under ‘Surname’, enter your date of birth under ‘Date of birth’ and select Half Fare Travelcard under ‘Discount cards’.
3. Click on ‘Accept’.
4. (If you also need a ticket for yourself, click on ‘Add passengers’ and enter your details before clicking on ‘Accept’.)
5. Choose between ‘single journey’ and ‘single and return journey’.
6. Go to the check-out and purchase the ticket with your chosen payment method.

Purchase a ticket for your dog in the SBB Mobile app.

Buy a half-price ticket for your dog for your chosen route.

Buy tickets for yourself and for your dog in the SBB Mobile app.

If you would like to buy the ticket for your dog together with your own ticket, proceed as follows:

1. Enter the route and select your preferred connection.
2. Select ‘Tickets from CHF …’
3. Click on ‘Edit passengers’, then ‘Enter passenger information’.
4. Then enter your first name under ‘First name’, your surname followed by DOG in capital letters under ‘Surname’, your date of birth under ‘Date of birth’ and select ‘Half-Fare travelcard ½’ under ‘Travelcards’.
5. Click on ‘Save’ and then on ‘Accept’.
6. The dog ticket will now appear together with your ticket in the overview and you can buy the tickets together.

• You can take small dogs along with you in a suitable carrier (for example, a basket or bag) free of charge. If you place the transport container on a seat, you will need to buy a ticket at half price for 2nd class.
• Dogs can only be put on seats when in suitable carriers. You must buy a half price 2nd class ticket for each seat occupied in this way.
• If you are travelling with a dog without a transport container, it must sit under your seat so that the passage is not blocked for other passengers. You will need to buy a ticket at half price for 2nd class.

If you hold a valid ticket, your dog can enjoy a day’s unlimited travel with the Day Pass for dogs for 25 CHF. The Day Pass for dogs is valid on trains, boats, PostBus routes and tram and bus routes in most cities and agglomerations. 

You can purchase the Day Pass Dogs at public transport points of sale, from ticket machines, conveniently online at SBB.ch or via a mobile device using the app.

Purchase online at SBB.ch as a guest: / Purchase online at SBB.ch without a login:

1. Click on online purchase of the Day Pass Dogs.
2. Select ‘Add passengers’ and enter the following:
3. First name: your first name.
4. Surname: your surname followed by DOG in capital letters.
5. Date of birth: your date of birth.
6. Then select the date from which your Day Pass for dogs is to be valid.
7. After entering your preferred payment method, you can purchase the Day Pass for dogs.

To buy a Day Pass for dogs with a login on SBB.ch, just go through the purchasing process.

Purchase in the SBB Mobile app.

Click on the ‘Day Passes Switzerland’ tile, select the Day Pass Dogs and go through the purchasing process to buy it for your chosen day.

If your dog regularly travels with you on the train, it’s worth buying an annual Dog Pass for 350 CHF. The Dog Pass is issued to one fixed companion and loaded onto their personal SwissPass. The dog will not receive its own SwissPass. 

Note: the Dog Pass replaces the previous GA Travelcard for dogs.

Yes, the travelcard is shown on swisspass.chLink opens in new window. under the travelcard holder’s login.

The Dog Pass is linked with the personal SwissPass of the accompanying person. This means you can take other dogs with you too. However, if other people are taking your dog with them, each companion must purchase their own Dog Pass. For this reason, we have reduced the price (the GA Travelcard for dogs previously cost CHF 805 per year, the Dog Pass now only costs CHF 350).

You can transfer seamlessly from a GA Travelcard for dogs to a Dog Pass. The valid GA Travelcard for dogs will be refunded pro rata.

If you leave your SwissPass holding the Dog Pass at home, we can issue you a card with temporary validity for two days at any ticket counter if you show your official ID. A charge of 5 CHF is made. The temporary card can also be shown in the mobile app (requirement: login with a linked customer number).

You will receive the Dog Pass on your personal SwissPass.

If you do not already own a SwissPass, you can order one by phone via the SBB Contact Center on 0848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.) or at a staffed public transport point of sale. Important: please note that when ordering a SwissPass for the first time, you must have an up-to-date, high-quality passport photo. When purchasing for the first time, your personal details will be checked using your ID or passport and you will be newly registered as a customer. This cannot be done over the phone via the Contact Center. You can also send the photo by text message or upload it online.

If you already have a SwissPass – for example for your Half Fare or GA Travelcard – you can get the Dog Pass at any staffed point of sale, or conveniently online or at the ticket machine.

You can find information on the price of the Dog Pass on the product page.

You can renew your Dog Pass at a staffed point of sale or ticket machine, by phone via the SBB Contact Center on 0848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.) (credit card required) or conveniently online. To renew online, follow the link you received in the renewal e-mail.

No, the pass is not renewed automatically. We contact the customer (either by text or e-mail, depending on the travelcard holder’s settings on swisspass.chLink opens in new window.) 60 days before the travelcard expires and provide information about different renewal options. 

If you no longer need the Dog Pass, and you have not reached the end of the second month of its validity, you can return it. Up to the end of the first month of its validity, you receive 50% of the purchase cost in return, and 25% up to the end of the second month of its validity. Refunds are not possible after this.

Small dogs with a wither height of 30cm or less can travel for free provided they are in a suitable container (e.g. a transport box, a basket or another animal-friendly container) and placed under your seat.

Small dogs with a wither height of up to 30cm.

There is no cost for taking small dogs with you, provided they are in a suitable container under your seat. However, if a small dog travels outside of a container under the seat or on your lap, you require a separate 2nd class ticket at the half-fare price, a Day Pass for Dogs or a Dog Pass for the dog.

If you would like your small dog to travel on a seat, the dog must be in a suitable container and you must buy a separate 2nd class ticket at the half-fare price, a Day Pass for Dogs or a Dog Pass for the dog.

Large dogs with a wither height of more than 30cm.

Larger dogs must sit under your seat so that passage is not blocked for other passengers. In all cases, you require a separate 2nd class ticket at the half-fare price, a Day Pass for Dogs or a Dog Pass for the dog.

Day Passes for dogs and Dog Passes are not issued for a specific class and are valid both in 1st and 2nd class. The companion must hold a valid ticket for their class of travel.

Carriage of animals in coaches offering meals and refreshments (with the exception of coaches served by a Minibar) is prohibited. This does not apply to guide dogs and assistance dogs.