Can I book a seat on the Glacier Express from Zermatt to Disentis?

Can I book a seat on the Glacier Express from Zermatt to Disentis?

9/8/2016 4:24:06 AM

Even though this is on a private railway, you may buy the ticket at the SBB-CFF-FSS site. (That’s three acronyms in German, French, and Italian for the one Swiss State Railways.) Choice of language is in tiny letters near the top of the screen.

I have just checked, and I could have booked Zermatt-Disentis by either the Express or a combination of local trains.

The following screenshot shows the availability of the GEX ticket from Zermatt, disembarking at Disentis:
sbb.ch Zermatt to Disentis

9/7/2016 11:16:12 AM

The ‘Glacier Express’ is a special kind of train, more of a tourist attraction than a transport service and the sales manual suggests that only certain segments can be booked.

One option would be to book a longer segment that you actually want. Alternatively, if you are happy to travel on just a train rather than the ‘Glacier Express’, you could take the ordinary trains which run on the same route, which run hourly. The tradeoff is that it would take 5 hours instead of 4 and you would have to change trains twice. I think it should also be cheaper. You can see these connections by searching here and using the advanced search to restrict the result to ‘R’ trains only.

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