Re: [Debconf-discuss] Anyone booked train seats for Yverdon?

[Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu>]

On 08/06/2013 12:02 AM, Dererk wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I'm experiencing some issues trying to book a train seat from Zurich
> airport to Yverdon-les-Bains.
>
> It seems that the system (swissar.mytraintravel.com) claims not to find
> any suitable combination for departing from 'Zurich' (using both plain
> Zurich and Zurich Airport) and destination 'Yverdon' (it just says
> 'Yverdon' alone, not 'Yverdon-les-bains'), independently from any date I
> chose.
> The error message seems to be too generic, quoting "1. No available
> booking for the selected route or 2. No available seats".
>
> Could this be because Yverdon-les-bains is not a main train
> station/stop? Could it just be, as the first error says, that this
> particular route is not able to be booked?
> Is it too risky to show up at the train station with no
> booking/reservation almost on time for a scheduled departing of ~40'?
>
> Any information would be appreciated, thanks!

There is no way to get a reserved seat on-line; only by calling a phone 
number from a Swiss fixed-line phone; or on-site, at ticket counter. [0]

I've got a ticket on sbb.ch which is valid from Zurich airport all the 
way to the Camp de Vaumarcus, including local bus.

- go to http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
- click on "timetable"
- then click on "online timetable"
- type "Zurich Airp." in the "From:" field
- type "Concise, Camp de Vaumarcus" in the "To:" field
- choose date and time
- click on "search connection"

You will get everything you want to know, including occupancy 
expectation on specific trains. On-line ticket is valid for the day and 
the route you buy it for, not for a specific train.

Milan

[0] 
http://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/tickets-for-switzerland/seat-reservations.html