Getting around Switzerland, city by city
How public transport works in each city, modes, tickets, airport links and live departures.
Zürich
Zürich has one of the densest, most punctual transit networks in the world. Trams and buses cover the city centre, S-Bahn trains reach the whole region, and boats cross the lake in summer.
Read the guide →Geneva
Geneva packs trams, trolleybuses, little yellow lake-shuttle boats and cross-border regional trains into a compact, lakeside network. Many visitors ride it all for free.
Read the guide →Lucerne
Lucerne is small enough to walk, but it's the gateway to lake steamers and the mountain railways up Pilatus and Rigi. The bus network and the boats do most of the work.
Read the guide →Bern
Bern's arcaded old town is small enough to cross on foot in twenty minutes, but trams and buses fan out from the main station to reach everything just beyond it.
Read the guide →Basel
Basel sits where Switzerland, France and Germany meet, and its dense tram network is the easiest way to cross a city that straddles two countries. The Rhine ferries add a charming, low-cost way to cross the river.
Read the guide →Interlaken
Interlaken sits between two lakes and is the launchpad for the whole Jungfrau region. Its two stations serve different purposes, so knowing which one you need saves real time.
Read the guide →Zermatt
Zermatt is car-free, so you arrive by mountain railway and get around on electric transport once you're in. It's one of the simplest towns in Switzerland to navigate on foot, if you don't mind an incline.
Read the guide →Lausanne
Lausanne is built on steep hills above Lake Geneva, and it's the only Swiss city with a proper metro. Two lines do most of the heavy lifting up and down the slopes.
Read the guide →Lugano
Lugano is Switzerland's Italian-speaking lakeside city, with a station perched above the centre and boats reaching the villages scattered around Lake Lugano.
Read the guide →Montreux
Montreux stretches along the shore of Lake Geneva in a mild, sheltered climate that locals call the Swiss Riviera, and it's the starting point for the GoldenPass scenic route.
Read the guide →Grindelwald
Grindelwald sits under the north face of the Eiger and is one of the main gateways into the high Jungfrau region, with a fast gondola and older mountain railways both heading up from the village.
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