List of Swiss tariff networks explained

The list of the Swiss tariff networks contains tariff networks with SBB participation.

Switzerland has had a national integrated ticketing system for over a hundred years. This, however, was limited to the regional and mainline services, as well as some tourist traffic. It is known that not uniform pricing schedule and the participation of the individual companies could be limited to certain parts of the entire network (single tickets, multi-journey tickets, season tickets, half-price tickets collective, etc.). In an effort to include local traffic and therefore resulted in a regional tariff networks, which initially covered only the subscriptions in the narrow context of larger cities. Thus it was unnecessary for commuters, two or three passes to purchase for their commute. To provide this benefit also to the other passengers emerged from this integral tariff networks, those that cover the whole range of tickets. This grew into regional or national associations, which continue the existing direct transport are superimposed.

The first regional integrated ticketing in Switzerland was the Tariff Association of North Western Switzerland (Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz, TNW), which was introduced in 1987. The first and only transport association is the Zurich Transport Network (Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, ZVV), in operation since 1990.[1] The stated aim is to establish a pan-Swiss ticketing.

Key to tables

Networks with comprehensive ticket offerings

AbbreviationFull name and marketing nameRegionsPopulationNetwork lengthNumber of stops
CTIFRTarifverbund Freiburg
«frimobil»[3]
Freiburg, Vaud (only district Broye)
CTGETarifverbund Genf
«unireso»[4]
Canton Geneva
CTMComunità tariffale Ticino e Moesano
«Arcobaleno»
The canton of Ticino and the Moesano district of the canton of Graubünden
CTVCommunauté tarifaire vaudoise
«mobilis»
Canton Vaud
OTVTarifverbund Ostwind[5] Cantons Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, St. Gallen, Thurgau
TNWTarifverbund Nordwestschweiz
«TNW»
Cantons Basel-City and Basel-Landschaft, Aargau (only counties Rheinfelden and Laufenburg), Solothurn (only counties Dorneck and Thierstein)
TV-BE/SOTarifverbund Bern-Solothurn
«Libero»[6]
Canton Bern, southwestern part of the canton of Solothurn
TVAGTarifverbund A-Welle
«A-Welle»[7]
Canton Aargau (with the exception of the districts Laufenburg and Rheinfelden), eastern part of the canton of Solothurn
TVLUTarifverbund Luzern/Obwalden/Nidwalden
«Passepartout»[8]
Cantons Lucerne, Obwalden, & Nidwalden
TVOEngTarifverbund Oberengadin[9] Canton Graubünden
TVSZTarifverbund Schwyz
«Schwyzerpass»[10]
Canton Schwyz (with the exception of the districts Höfe and March)
TVZGTarifverbund Zug
«Zugerpass»[11]
Canton Zug
ZVVZürcher VerkehrsverbundCanton Zürich
(and adjacent areas of the cantons Aargau, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, St. Gallen, Thurgau and Zug)

Networks offering transit passes only

AbbreviationFull name and marketing nameRegionsPopulationNetwork lengthNumber of stops
CTJUTarifverbund Jura
«vagABOnd»[12]
Canton Jura
CTNETarifverbund Neuenburg
«Onde Verte»[13] [14]
Canton Neuchâtel
TVBITarifverbund Biel/Bienne
«ZigZag»[15]
Agglomeration Biel, Region Grenchen, Berner Jura, Seeland
TVBOTarifverbund Berner Oberland
«BeoAbo»[16]
Region Berner Oberland
TVWZTarifverbund Wirtschaftsraum Zürich
«Z-Pass»[17]
Canton Zürich and the surrounding cantons

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ZVV: Portrait . . 4 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110830145246/http://www.zvv.ch/en/about-us/zvv-portrait.html . 30 August 2011 .
  2. Web site: Jahresbericht 2007/2008 Verkehrschronik . Information service for public transport (LITRA) . German . 73 . 26 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706235112/http://www.litra.ch/dcs/users/2/Jahresbericht_07_08.pdf . 6 July 2011 . dead.
  3. Web site: Frimobil . 2010-11-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100725133503/http://www.frimobil.ch/fr/pub/frimobil.htm . 25 July 2010 .
  4. http://www.unireso.ch/pages/index.shtml Unireso : mobilité et transports pour Genève et régions
  5. http://www.ostwind.ch/ "OSTWIND – Home"
  6. Web site: Libero . 22 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101118083450/http://www.libero-tarifverbund.ch/ . 18 November 2010 . dead .
  7. http://www.a-welle.ch/ A-Welle
  8. http://passepar-tout.ch/dynamic/newsmodul.asp?seiid=8&modid=News&viewid=1&katid=1 ÖV-News | Aktuelle Mitteilungen | Passepartout
  9. Web site: Engadin Bus . 2011-10-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104040528/http://www.engadinbus.ch/index.php . 4 November 2011 .
  10. http://www.tvsz.ch/ Home – Tarifverbund Schwyz TVSZ
  11. http://www.zvb.ch/ Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe ZVB
  12. http://www.levagabond.ch/ Bienvenue sur notre site internet
  13. http://www.ondeverte.ch/ Onde Verte – Votre communaute tarifaire
  14. Web site: Transports Publics du Littoral Neuchâtelois . 30 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170911212858/http://tnneuchatel.ch/ . 11 September 2017 . dead .
  15. http://www.abozigzag.ch/ ABO zigzag – Home
  16. http://www.beoabo.ch/ BeoAbo – Tarifverbund Berner Oberland: Das Abo fürs Berner Oberland
  17. Web site: The Z-Pass connects regional transport networks . Z-Pass . dead . https://archive.today/20090621050024/http://www.z-pass.ch/index.html?lang=en . 21 June 2009 .