Digitization of Swiss Public Transport
Even more performance for comfort, freedom of travel and the environment.

WavePointer "RailTAG Beacons" become the standard for contactless accounting data collection in the public transport vehicles throughout Switzerland and all of Liechtenstein.

Traveling with Swiss and Liechtenstein public transport is convenient and easy. Train, bus, boat and mountain railroad take travelers wherever they want to go - quickly and almost always to the minute. And the innovations in Swiss public transport in particular are groundbreaking in the truest sense of the word. Thanks to them, public transport in Switzerland is one of the best and densest transport networks in the world. 

The first Swiss steamship in the 19th century, the longest railroad tunnel in the world (Gotthard tunnel with 2 times 57 km), the first mountain railroad (Vitznau-Rigi railroad, 1871) and highest mountain railroad (Jungfraujoch 3454 m) in Europe as well as the steepest mountain railroad in the world (Stossbahn) find their beginning here. And Switzerland never tires of constantly investing in the expansion of public transport and creating first-class innovations in the process.

Alliance SwissPass: Alliance of advantages and progress

   

The Alliance SwissPass, as the industry organization for public transport in Switzerland and an association of a good 250 transport companies and 18 tariff associations, is responsible for harmonized, comprehensible and economical tariff regulations, modern and attractive sales solutions and customer-oriented product ranges and information systems throughout Switzerland. This constantly creates new added value for passengers and also for the affiliated transport companies and tariff associations - a constantly growing advantage for all involved.

Practically "halfway around the world" - with just one ticket.

A passenger with, for example, a General Abonnement (GA) as a flat-rate ticket (e.g. e-Ticket, Mobile-Ticket or on the SwissPass) can now travel almost regardless of the destination and the carriers used, carefree with just "one ticket". The GA is valid in Switzerland and Lichtenstein on all major railroads, almost all private railroads, on the entire Postbus network and on most other bus companies, many municipal transport companies (bus, streetcar) and countless shipping lines/mountain railroads. The GA passenger can therefore currently use a total route network of a good 25,000 km at all times without having to buy "another" ticket. This corresponds to more than half the circumference of the earth. A unique offer!

The advantage for passenger customers is enormous. In terms of mobility, an incomparable maximum of flexibility and value for money is offered: Private and business. On land, on water and "in the air". This is unique in the world, and many countries are now also striving to offer such a service to their public transport passengers.

Further innovations for customers and transport companies 

Precisely because of the benchmarks already achieved, the benefits for all will be further expanded. In the near future, passengers with a flat-rate ticket (GA) will have even more travel routes and means of transport at their disposal: Just get on, get going, get there. The economic attractiveness for the transport companies to participate in the Alliance program is also constantly being increased and expanded. The attractiveness of this overall system means that more and more customers are switching back to trains, buses, ships and cable cars.

With this truly enormous project, Switzerland is pursuing not least the goal of persuading as many travelers as possible to use public transport in the long term, thereby considerably relieving the burden on people, nature and the environment..

 

Involved transport companies

Aare Seeland mobil AG, Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA), AG für Verkehrsbetriebe LLB, AHW Busbetriebe AG, Aletsch Bergbahnen AG, AMSA – Autolinea Mendrisiense S.A., Appenzeller Bahnen AG, Auto AG Rothenburg, AUTO AG SCHWYZ, AUTO AG Uri, Autobetrieb Sernftal AG, Autobetrieb Weesen-Amden , Autobus AG Liestal Öffentlicher Verkehr, Autobusbetrieb Freienbach AG, Autolinee Bleniesi, Automobilverkehr Frutigen - Adelboden AG, Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe, Belalp Bahnen AG, Bergbahn Lauterbrunen-Mürren AG, Bergbahnen Beckenried Emmetten AG, Berner Oberland-Bahnen AG, BERNMOBIL, Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern, BLS AG, BLS AG, BLT Baselland Transport AG, Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe GmbH, BOGG Busbetrieb Olten Gösgen Gäu AG, Braunwald-Standseilbahn AG, Brunni-Bahnen Engelberg AG, Bürgerbus WETA, Bus du Soleil SA, Bus Ostschweiz AG, Bus und Service AG, Busbetrieb Aarau AG (BBA), Busbetrieb BLWE, Busbetrieb Rapperswil-Eschenbach-Rüti, Busbetrieb Solothurn und Umgebung BSU, Busbetriebe Bamert GmbH, Busland AG, CGN SA, Chemin de fer Nyon - St-Cergue - Morez SA, CHEMINS DE FER DU JURA, Compagnie du Chemin de fer Montreux Oberland bernois SA, Einwohner Gemeinde Zermatt E-Bus, Eurobus Ostschweiz AG, Ferrovia Monte Generoso SA, Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi- FART SA, Firstbahn AG, Forchbahn, Funiculaire Saint-Imier Mont-Soleil SA, Gondelbahn Grindelwald-Männlichen AG, Gondelbahn Kandersteg Oeschinensee AG, Gurtenbahn Bern AG, Harderbahn AG, Jungrfaubahn AG, LNM , LTB Lungern Turren Bahn , LUFAG, Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Wirzweli AG, Luftseilbahn Meiringen-Reuti AG , Luftseilbahn Rhäzüns Feldis AG, Luftseilbahn Schattdorf-Haldi, Luftseilbahn Staldenried, Luftseilbahn Wasserauen - Ebenalp AG, Matterhorn Gotthard Verkehrs AG, Monte Tamaro SA, Mouettes Genevoises sa, Niederhornbahn AG, Niesenbahn AG, PostAuto AG, Regiobus AG, Regionalbus Lenzburg AG, Regionale Verkehrsbetriebe Baden-Wettingen (RVBW) AG, RegionAlps AG, Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn, Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn RBS, Rhätische Bahn, Rigi Bahnen AG, Rottal Auto AG, Säntis Schwebebahn AG, Schifffahrts-Genossenschaft Greifensee, Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Hallwilersee AG, Schweiz. Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Untersee u. Rhein AG, Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrt AG, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Schweizerische Südostbahn AG, Service de la mobilité - Section transports publics, SGV Holding AG, Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn SZU, SMC SA, Societa Autolinee Regionali Luganesi, Societa di Navigazione del Lago di Lugano SA, Société Anonyme des auto-transports de La Vallée de Joux, A.V.J., Stadtbus Winterthur, Stanserhorn-Bahn, STI Service AG, Stoosbahnen AG, Theytaz Excursions S.A., TMR SA, Toggenburgbergbahnen, TPN SA, Transport de la région Morges Bière Cossonay SA, Transports Publics de la Région lausannoise, Transports Publics du Chablais SA, Transports publics fribourgeois Trafic (TPF TRAFIC) SA, Transports publics genevois (TPG), Transports Publics Neuchâtelois SA, Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi SA, TRAVYS SA, Treib-Seelisberg-Bahn AG, VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG, Verkehrsbetrieb LIECHTENSTEINmobil, Verkehrsbetriebe Biel, Verkehrsbetriebe Davos, Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG, Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen VBSH, Verkehrsbetriebe St.Gallen, Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich VBZ, Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland AG, VMCV SA, Wengernalpbahn AG, zb Zentralbahn AG, Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe, Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft AG, Zürichsee-Fähre Horgen-Meilen AG