You are travelling as a group of ten or more persons with bicycles and are planning a holiday or a weekend in Switzerland. Our partner Rent a Bike offers tailor-made group tours.
Coronavirus notice: In light of the Covid-19 situation, SBB AG has decided to suspend all luggage and flight luggage products at the station (including group luggage and Luggage Special) from 19 March 2020 until 7 June 2020 provisionally. Door-to-door offers will remain available, but expect restrictions. The cost is CHF 12 per luggage item; the flat rate charge does not apply. If you have any questions, please contact an SBB salespoint or the SBB Contact Centre on +41 848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.).
Military luggage: military personnel with marching orders valid in 2nd class can book the door-to-door offer online under “Luggage door to door” on this website for CHF 12 per luggage item. Military personnel with marching orders valid in 1st class can book the product by phone for free through SBB Luggage Logistics on 051 222 28 28 by 10am at the latest on the day before collection. Collection and delivery will take place in front of your residence, that is, on the street and not at the door to your apartment. Employees of SBB or the carrier will load the luggage and cases by themselves without the support of the member of military personnel so as to keep a safe physical distance.
Bicycles: bicycles, e-bikes, tandems, recumbent bicycles, tricycles. Unloaded, and maximum length 2 metres.
Special cycles: will not fit into the normal suspension. Longer than 2 metres, maximum dimensions: length 2.40 metres x breadth 0.9 metres x height 1.1 metres.
Groups of ten or more persons cannot load their bicycles onto trains themselves.
Groups of six persons or more travelling on PostBus services must book in advance.
Free storage on the day of arrival and the following four days. Every subsequent day costs CHF 5 per luggage item.
Packaging: bicycles and special cycles must be packed in personal wrapping or in that of the transport company.
The luggage to be transported must be labelled with a name, address and telephone number and be packed appropriately.
To protect your bicycle we recommend that you pack it in the TranZbag, SBB’s official bicycle-transfer bag.
Liability for the partial or total loss, damage and delayed delivery of luggage shall be governed by the Swiss Federal Passenger Transportation Act (PTA) and the applicable Passenger Transportation Ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council.
Whenever possible, group luggage bicycles is always transported by rail. It may, however, also be transported entirely by road for logistical reasons. The public transport sector currently handles an average of 70% of luggage transport by rail and 30% by road.
