The app of Switzerland’s national railway company, SBB, has been updated and now offers new, practical features – not just for train commuters but for all public transport users as well.
If you use public transport in Switzerland, you already use the SBB app to purchase your tickets.
Now, you can benefit fro, additional functions was well.
They are:
P+Rail
Commuters who park their cars at the train station have had to use a a separate app to book a parking space.
Now, however, you can do so directly via the SBB’s P+Rail app.
And the transition is simple: License plate numbers already registered in the old app are automatically transferred to the user’s SBB profile.
Not only that, butthe P+Rail app now allows users to extend existing parking bookings or end them early.
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EasyRide
Until now, travellers with a discounted “Supersaver” ticket could not use the app’s “swipe-to-ride” function and instead had to purchase individual tickets separately.
But now the app will recognise if a user has already purchased a saver ticket and will allow them to use the EasyRide function as well.
Additionally, EasyRide can now be used to purchase tickets for dogs and bicycles as well
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Seat Selection
The updated app also allows commuters to choose seats on long journeys, by using a graphical carriage layout.
This new system applies to Intercity and panoramic trains operating within Switzerland as well as on international routes to France, Germany, and Italy.
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Costs of all these additional services will be charged the usual payment method attached to your SBB app – credit cards, Twint, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
You can update your SBB app with these new features in the respective app stores for iPhones and Android smartphones.
What further changes and improvements is the SBB planning for its app?
Still in. the public testing phase is a live notification system, displayed directly on the smartphone’s lock screen.
You will be able to see platform changes live, as well as the journey on foot to the bus or current delays without having to unlock the mobile device or open the application.
On iOS (Apple), this function has been available since mid-September in the “Preview SBB” test application, and it will follow at the end of October for Android.
It will be integrated into the usual SBB Mobile application from January 2027 at the earliest.”
