Is the Glacier Express included in the Swiss Travel Pass Flex?
Answer
Yes
The Swiss Travel Pass Flex covers the whole journey from Zermatt to the Glacier Express. No additional ticket is needed.
Verified · Checked todayLast verified 6 October 2026
Check your exact connectionZermatt → St. Moritz, segment by segment
- Zermatt → VispMatterhorn Gotthard BahnIncludedReservation: Not required · Supplement: None
- Visp → Zürich HBSBB CFF FFSIncludedReservation: Not required · Supplement: None
- Zürich HB → LandquartSBB CFF FFSIncludedReservation: Not required · Supplement: None
- Landquart → St. MoritzRhaetian Railway (RhB)IncludedReservation: Not required · Supplement: None
Conditions
- You live outside Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and you carry the passport or ID card the pass was issued for.
- You travel on a day you have activated on your Flex pass (activate it before boarding).
- Your pass class matches the class you travel in (this guide assumes 2nd class).
Other ways to Glacier Express
- Zermatt → St. MoritzYes, the Swiss Travel Pass Flex covers the transport from Zermatt to the Glacier Express. A seat reservation is mandatory on Zermatt → St. Moritz.Verified
- Zermatt → Visp → Olten → Chur → St. MoritzYes. The Swiss Travel Pass Flex covers the whole journey from Zermatt to the Glacier Express. No additional ticket is needed.Verified
- Zermatt → Visp → Bern → Zürich HB → Chur → St. MoritzYes. The Swiss Travel Pass Flex covers the whole journey from Zermatt to the Glacier Express. No additional ticket is needed.Verified
- Zermatt → Visp → Bern → Zürich HB → Landquart → St. MoritzYes. The Swiss Travel Pass Flex covers the whole journey from Zermatt to the Glacier Express. No additional ticket is needed.Verified
Getting there
The Glacier Express panorama train links Zermatt and St. Moritz or Davos.
Official evidence
- Matterhorn Gotthard BahnStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: All Swiss Travel Pass types are valid on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, including Visp–Zermatt.
Official wording: “Yes, all Swiss Travel Pass types are valid on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. For the Swiss Travel Pass Flex, the travel day must be activated before boarding.”
Open official page - Alliance SwissPassStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: All Swiss Travel Pass types are valid on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, including Visp–Zermatt. The Swiss Travel Pass covers trains, buses and boats throughout Switzerland. Free travel on all Rhaetian Railway trains, including the Bernina line to Tirano.
Official wording: “Official table, transcribed by row (column T654 GA / column T673 Swiss Travel Pass): SBB yes/yes; BLS AG yes/yes; Schweizerische Südostbahn AG yes/yes; zb Zentralbahn AG yes/yes; Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (Brig-Zermatt) yes/yes; Rhätische …”
Open official page - SBBStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: All Swiss Travel Pass types are valid on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, including Visp–Zermatt. The Swiss Travel Pass covers trains, buses and boats throughout Switzerland. Free travel on all Rhaetian Railway trains, including the Bernina line to Tirano.
Official wording: “The Swiss Travel Pass Flex discount is only valid on activated days of travel.”
Open official page - Alliance SwissPassStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: All Swiss Travel Pass types are valid on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, including Visp–Zermatt. The Swiss Travel Pass covers trains, buses and boats throughout Switzerland. Free travel on all Rhaetian Railway trains, including the Bernina line to Tirano.
Official wording: “The validity period of the STP starts at 00.00am on the first day of validity and expires at 05.00am on the day after the last day of validity. […] The validity of STPF Flex days begins at 00.00 hours on the activated day of travel and …”
Open official page - Matterhorn Gotthard BahnStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: Individual travellers cannot reserve seats on regular Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn trains, so no reservation is needed (the Glacier Express is separate).
Official wording: “No, for the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn individual travellers cannot reserve seats.”
Open official page - SBBStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: The Swiss Travel Pass covers trains, buses and boats throughout Switzerland.
Official wording: “You can travel all across Switzerland with any Swiss Travel Pass / Flex: by train, bus and boat, by panorama train (excl. seat reservations and/or supplement), and on the Rigi, Stanserhorn and Stoos mountains. Journeys by public transport …”
Open official page - SBBStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: InterCity trains need no seat reservation; you can reserve a seat for a fee. Regional, RegioExpress, InterRegio and S-Bahn trains need no seat reservation (seats are reservable only on InterCity and most tourist trains).
Official wording: “Trains on which you can reserve seats are marked in the timetable with an ‘R’ (reservation possible) or an ‘R’ next to a seated person (reservation compulsory).”
Open official page - Switzerland TourismStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: InterCity trains need no seat reservation; you can reserve a seat for a fee. Regional, RegioExpress, InterRegio and S-Bahn trains need no seat reservation (seats are reservable only on InterCity and most tourist trains).
Official wording: “In Switzerland, most trains do not require a seat reservation. Trains on which seats can be reserved are marked with an “R” in the timetable at sbb.ch.”
Open official page - EurailStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: InterCity trains need no seat reservation; you can reserve a seat for a fee. Regional, RegioExpress, InterRegio and S-Bahn trains need no seat reservation (seats are reservable only on InterCity and most tourist trains).
Official wording: “Regional and Intercity trains do not require seat reservations.”
Open official page - Rhaetian RailwayStated directly by the operator
Railza’s reading: Free travel on all Rhaetian Railway trains, including the Bernina line to Tirano.
Official wording: “The discounts listed are valid on Rhaetian Railway trains, including the Bernina Express and Glacier Express. Seat reservations on board the Bernina Express and Glacier Express must be purchased in addition to the ticket. […] GA travelcard …”
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