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I read on this forum that we can get a 25% discount on train from Interlaken OST to Lauterbrunnen/Grindelwald using Eurail Global Pass. However, the OBB app or the ticketing machines are not showing the option of adding Eurail Pass as a discount.

  1. How to add Eurail as a discount for this journey?
  2. Can we use Eurail as a discount on other small trains/service, like going to harderklum, any Matterhorn viewing point etc etc etc etc and how?

You need to buy the ticket at a ticket office in Switzerland to get the 25% discount on the railway in the Jungfrau-region. 


You need to buy the ticket at a ticket office in Switzerland to get the 25% discount on the railway in the Jungfrau-region. 

There are also ticket machines on the departure platform in Interlaken where you can buy tickets with 25% discount.


No discounts at all in the Zermatt area and tickets are very expensive.

Children under 6 y.o. travel for free. Children under 16 y.o pay half-fare tickets or for 30 CHF a month they travel throughout the country with their parents (Junior Card). Or they travel totally for free, see later.

Gornergrat (best view point for Matterhorn) : 63 CHF half-fare or 126 CHF full-fare

Jungfraujoch : 107 CHF half-fare, about 160 CHF Eurail price, 215 CHF full-fare

Those are the most expensive Swiss railways. If you're planning on going to both peaks, buy a Swiss half-fare card for 120 CHF. You'll save 53 + 63 CHF = 116 CHF only for those 2 journeys. Of course you also get half-fare tickets (can be done on sbb.ch, SBB app or at ticket machines or counters) for Lauterbrunnen, etc.

Children under 16 y.o. travel for free if a parent has the Swiss Half-Fare Card by getting the Swiss Family Card. This is good value for money.

More info : https://shop.switzerlandtravelcentre.com/?affiliateId=249#/en/product/swissHalfFareCard

(Harder Kulm : 20 CHF half-fare, 30 CHF Eurail, 40 CHF full-fare + 20 CHF for children unless they have the Family Card)


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