With the Junior Travelcard, children from the age of six up to their 16th birthday can travel on public transport for a whole year, accompanied by a parent. The Junior Travelcard costs CHF 30 per year. The parent accompanying the child must have a valid ticket for either 1st or 2nd class. The child can travel in the same class as their parent free of charge. Parents can get the Junior Travelcard for the third child and any further children free of charge.

Buy a Junior Travelcard.

You can obtain the Junior Travelcard at any served ticket counter. When purchasing your first Junior Travelcard, please bring passports for all relevant people, another official ID or a family record book with you. The personal details of the parents and the child (especially their date of birth) will be verified. To obtain the free Junior Travelcard for the third child, you will also need to present the two other Junior Travelcards.

Validity.

The Junior Travelcard can be used anywhere within the Half Fare Travelcard area of validity. In addition, your children can travel with you free of charge or at a discounted price on most tram and bus lines operated by local transport companies. Find out where the Junior Travelcard is valid using the synoptic map (on the right under ‘Downloads’).

Forgotten the Junior Travelcard?

If you have left the Junior Travelcard at home, you can buy a temporary replacement card from the counter for a fee of CHF 5.00. Please present proof of identity.

With the Children’s Co-Travelcard, children aged 6 or over and under 16 can travel throughout Switzerland free of charge for a whole year when accompanied by an adult. This companion can be any person aged 16 or over. They must hold a valid ticket for the journey in 1st or 2nd class. The Children’s Co-Travelcard costs CHF 30 for each companion.

Buy a Children’s Co-Travelcard.

You can get the Children’s Co-Travelcard at any staffed ticket counter. To issue the card, we require the personal details of both the companion and the child they are accompanying. You will need a separate Children’s Co-Travelcard for each combination of child and companion.

When purchasing a travelcard, please bring a passport or another form of official identification with you that shows the child’s date of birth. There is no limit to the number of Children’s Co-Travelcard purchases.  

Validity.

The Children’s Co-Travelcard is valid anywhere within the Half Fare Travelcard area. In addition, children can travel with their companion free of charge or at a discounted price on most tram and bus lines operated by local transport companies. Find out where the Children’s Co-Travelcard is valid using the synoptic map (on the right under ‘Downloads). 

A maximum of four children with valid Children’s Co-Travelcard can be accompanied by one person. The Children’s Co-Travelcard is not valid for schools, institutions, associations, companies, institutions and organisations etc. that are travelling as a group.

Forgotten your Children’s Co-Travelcard?

If you have left your Children’s Co-Travelcard at home, you can buy a temporary replacement card from the counter for a fee of CHF 5.00. Simply present an official form of identification. Prices and products are subject to change.

With tickets for public transport, you can enjoy at least 10% discount or added value for numerous leisure experiences (Day trips).

Whether it is fixed prices for children travelling to Italy and France, or free travel to Germany and Austria when accompanied by an adult or with Interrail – family trips by train are particularly good value.

The paper travelcard is no longer in keeping with the times and no longer meets current customer needs. 

The switch for the Junior Travelcard and Children’s Co-Travelcard comes in response to significant customer demand and is long overdue. Our youngest customers too can now finally get on the move with the SwissPass – the key to mobility. 

Following the switch, existing Junior Travelcards/Children’s Co-Travelcards on the SwissPass can also be renewed easily from home in a few mouse clicks.

Yes. Every child with a Junior Travelcard and/or a Children’s Co-Travelcard will receive their own personal SwissPass.

• The Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard is a personal travelcard and is therefore saved exclusively 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 can benefit from additional advantages – e.g. a ski pass. 
• Sustainability: the card can be used for five years and can hold numerous different offers and products. That means a new plastic card doesn’t have to be produced every year.
• Efficiency: the switch to paperless ticket sales, planned for the medium term, will make ticket purchase faster and easier for every public transport user with their own SwissPass.

The holder of the travelcard is always the child. The Junior Travelcard or Children’s Co-Travelcard in its current form is already held by the child.

The child holding the Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard and accompanied by an escort enjoys unlimited travel on public transport. The companion must hold a valid ticket.

Yes, the personal SwissPass must be shown each time tickets are checked on the train. 

Yes. The child must have their own SwissPass login to be able to display their card on SwissPass Mobile. The same SwissPass can be displayed on SwissPass Mobile on up to three devices simultaneously.

Please note that if you would like to present the SwissPass belonging to your child on your own smartphone, you first need to log out from your account and then log in again using your child’s SwissPass login. Alternatively, you can install additional apps (such as öV Plus, the ZVV app, BLS Mobil or SBB Preview) and store one SwissPass in each of these apps. That way, you don’t need to keep logging in and logging out.

A simpler technical solution for displaying multiple SwissPasses in the same app is currently in development.

No. Each child will receive their own SwissPass card with their personal travelcard referenced on it. This card has to be carried when travelling. So no second cards are issued.

No. Each passenger is allowed to hold a maximum of one active SwissPass storing valid travelcards. If a second SwissPass is issued, the first can no longer be used for travel – this happens for example when a replacement SwissPass is required.

Most ID documents and cards for children (ID, passport, health insurance cards, swimming pool pass, library card etc.) are now only issued as a single card, which the parents/companion have to pass on as required. 

Each public transport travelcard holder receives a SwissPass card. And now that includes children too.

Around 200,000 under 16-year-olds already hold a SwissPass. So a large proportion of the children who need a Junior Travelcard and/or a Children’s Co-Travelcard already have a SwissPass.

The SwissPass always stays with the child. So the child can always take their card on the journey.

No. The Junior Travelcard and the Children’s Co-Travelcard will not be linked to the companions. They are independent travelcards. 

The Junior Travelcard and Children’s Co-Travelcard are now only available on the SwissPass. Children without a Junior Travelcard or Children’s Co-Travelcard can make use of the standard range – such as 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 (under Downloads to the right).

For tourists, there is a paper travelcard for the same price, valid for a limited time window of 30 days.

You can obtain a replacement SwissPass online or at a staffed ticket counter for CHF 30. Please take valid official ID for the child with you (passport or ID card). 

If you forget to bring the SwissPass with you, you can purchase a temporary travelcard for CHF 5 at the ticket counter. The temporary travelcard is valid for two days. Please take official ID for the child with you when purchasing it. 

When tickets are checked, you always have to show the child’s personal SwissPass. All valid travelcards are saved here. Note that the SwissPass card must always be carried when travelling. 

Staff checking tickets check the validity of the Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard on the child’s personal SwissPass. The Junior Travelcard/Children’s Co-Travelcard is only saved on the SwissPass issued to the child, as the child is the holder of the travelcard.

The passenger attendant will check whether the correct person is travelling with the child. They will see the first names and surnames of the permitted companions on their ticket checking device and will check that the companion is one of these people by asking for official ID or the companion’s SwissPass.

You can switch from the paper card to the SwissPass at any station. Bring an up-to-date, high quality passport photo of the child that meets the following criteria:

• Taken from the front.
• Eyes open and not covered.
• Plain background.
• Even lighting (no shadows).
• Clear with high contrast.
• Black and white or colour.
• Approx. size 35mm × 45mm.
• Original photo: no scans or photos printed out on paper.

You can get your travelcard at any staffed station in Switzerland. Bring a high-quality colour passport photo of the child and the documents listed below: 

Junior Travelcard: 

The first time you purchase the travelcard, please bring the passports or other valid ID for the child and the parents or your family certificate (Familienausweis/certificat de famille/certificato di famiglia). We will check the child’s details (in particular their date of birth) as well as the parents’ details. 

Children’s Co-Travelcard: 

When purchasing a travelcard, please bring a passport or another form of official identification with you that shows the child’s date of birth. 

You can get your travelcard at any staffed station in Switzerland. Bring the child's SwissPass with you.

Junior Travelcard: 

The first time you purchase the travelcard, please bring the passports or other valid ID for the child and the parents or your family certificate (Familienausweis/certificat de famille/certificato di famiglia). We will check the child’s details (in particular their date of birth) as well as the parents’ details. 

Children’s Co-Travelcard: 

When purchasing a travelcard, please bring a passport or another form of official identification with you that shows the child’s date of birth. 

Yes. The SwissPass will make renewals much easier from now on. 

You’ll be able to renew your new travelcard online in just a few clicks – as long as no changes need to be made. You’ll also be able to renew the travelcard at ticket machines.

Warning: the free Junior Travelcard provided for the third child and further children must always be renewed at a staffed station. 

You cannot renew the card independently because sales staff have to check your eligibility for the free card manually every year. 

Alternatively, you can buy a Junior Travelcard for CHF 30 per year. 

On swisspass.ch, you can view the validity of the travelcards at any time – both in the child’s and the companion’s account.

We will get in touch with the first registered companion for Junior Travelcards or the companion for Children’s Co-Travelcards as follows: 

• 6 weeks before the last day of validity of the travelcard, we will send information telling you that the travelcard is about to 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. 

No. Having a login is not a requirement.

The child can set up their own SwissPass account as long as they have their own e-mail address. You cannot open several SwissPass accounts with the same e-mail address.

No separate SwissPass login can be created without a separate e-mail address. To make sure you can still view the validity of the travelcard, it will also be shown in the SwissPass login of companion 1 (for the Junior Travelcard) or the companion (for the Children’s Co-Travelcard).