I just spotted a posting which has somewhat alarmed me. It was referring to new restrictions that had come into place at Tirano if travelling toward St Moritz and Chur. It would appear that there was a very long queuing system in place for people without seat reservations resulting in people not catching their planned train.
Admittedly we will not be travelling on this line until September, and it is not clear whether or not this was just a temporary arrangement. Even so, we have very little flexibility in our journey plans and so don’t want to take any risks. (Our intention is to take the 9.41 from Tirano to St Moritz and then the 12.47 from St Moritz to Chur.)
My question is how do I go about buying seat reservations for these trains. I went onto Rail Europe to see how to book seat reservations. (Not for our actual trips - as these are not yet available, but for comparable journeys in May). However because reservations are optional all it said was ‘FREE’ and I could not see a way of purchasing a seat reservation.
I also tried to get a seat reservation from the Rhaetische Bahn site but it seemed you could only buy a seat reservation if you also purchased a ticket.
