Find out more about the services we provide for a pleasant journey on our trains.
If you have a visual or hearing impairment, the SBB Inclusive app will make travelling by train easier. The app provides visual, digital and audio customer information on long-distance trains (and at stations) directly on your smartphone.
Enjoy greater comfort and more services during your journey by travelling in 1st class.
In 1st class, you benefit from:
Greater comfort thanks to ample legroom, more space between your seat and the one next to you, adjustable seats, power sockets in each compartment, 2-seat and 1-seat seating.
Coaches with business zones and quiet zones.
Please note that the timetable shows which services are offered on any selected train.
You also have the option of switching from 2nd to 1st class at any time. The best way to do this is by purchasing a class upgrade for a route or a whole day in the SBB Mobile app.
Get on board and take your seat. By reserving your seat on the train or in the dining car, you can simply sit down without having to spend a long time looking for a seat.
Our passenger attendants are the face of SBB and are important points of contact for questions about your journey. Are you looking for detailed timetable information or would you like to know where there are still free seats on the train?
Whether it’s on the train or at the station, our passenger attendants...
personally help you with any of your questions before, during and after your journey
provide you with information when things are going to plan or not.
make sure you feel comfortable on the train.
check tickets and deal with counterfeits and violations.
take on operational duties (e.g. carrying out brake tests, granting permission for the train to depart), thus ensuring that you travel safely.
give informative answers to your questions on the platform and inform you of e.g. changes to connections.
collect travel data from passengers to optimise the transport service and correctly allocate income to all the fare networks.
Head SBB passenger attendants...
manage the train crew on top of their other duties and thus have overall responsibility.
Would you also like to come on board with us as the face of SBB?
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Treat your taste buds on the way at the SBB Restaurant.
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Treat your taste buds on the way at the SBB Restaurant.
How about a tea or coffee, some nibbles or a seasonal menu during your journey?
You can find information about the selection of food and drink available on our trains, service times, seat reservations and much more on the ‘Rail catering’ page.
On InterCity trains, you can work undisturbed in the business zone in 1st class. InterCity trains with business zones are marked with BZ in the online timetable and in the SBB Mobile app.
Business zone includes:
Work stations with large tables, power sockets and reading lamps and sometimes induction charging pads for smartphones for cableless charging (Qi).
Boosters for improved mobile phone reception and optimised data transfer.
Reserve workspaces.
You can reserve workspaces in the business zone for CHF 5 per seat online at SBB.ch or via the SBB Mobile app up to 5 minutes before the trains departs. You can also do so at the ticket counter or by phone via the SBB Contact Center 0848 44 66 88 (CHF 0.08/min.).
In the quiet zone in 1st class, you can work and read in peace. Or simply sit back and enjoy the journey, as you relax and watch the countryside pass by the window. InterCity trains with quiet zones are marked with RZ in the online timetable and in the SBB Mobile app.
The following activities are prohibited in the quiet zones:
having conversations discussions (even if done quietly).
listening to music, audiobooks, podcasts or the radio (even with headphones).
playing audio or video programs on a notebook are discouraged.
telephone calls.
Good online connectivity on the train.
We use signal amplifiers (repeaters) on our trains or window panes that allow mobile signal to pass through. This is always a necessity wherever insulation weakens mobile signals (Faraday cage), as is the case, for example, in modern office buildings and air-conditioned trains. Signal amplifiers bridge the train’s metal exterior and window panes allow mobile signal to pass through. When it comes to upgrading to the latest generation of signal amplifiers and panes that allow mobile signal to pass through, Switzerland leads the way in Europe. Mobile coverage is also very good in Switzerland by international standards. Network coverage stands at 97%.
If you want to go online while on the train, you can use your smartphone as a personal hotspot and then use your laptop or tablet to surf the net and check your e-mails.
Surf the net for free on ICs and IRs with SBB FreeSurf.
With SBB FreeSurf, you can enjoy faster and smoother internet access with more bandwidth than conventional WLAN on the train. Trains with free internet are marked with FS in the online timetable and in the SBB Mobile app.
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