Hi Orangjawa,

You can use the Swiss rail site to get all the information you need --

www.rail.ch

Just enter Basel as your departure and Luzern as your destination, and the time you'd want to travel. All the possible connections will come up, then you can click on "Fare/buy" to see what the fares are.

When the fares come up, you should know that the default is set for the Half Fare Card -- so you need to uncheck that box if you don't have one.

The site will also let you know what the occupancy is expected to be for that train at that time -- they use little shadow figures of men to show that -- three shadows for crowded, one shadow for uncrowded.

Most times you cannot reserve seats on Swiss trains -- so if your train may be crowded, you may want to go to first class, which is (almost) always uncrowded.

Have fun as you plan!

s

Also www.sbb.ch will get you to the same place.

If I were you, and I have been in those shoes, I would stop in Basel, as it's really a very nice city with a great view.

Thanks for great advice @smandav2000, its really helpful. Im already check it.
@rastaguy: We have been in europe for two wks, only remain 2 days before catch up our flight back home via zurich. We'll remind it for next trip. Tks.
Last question, should I change my euro to CHF or euro accepted in Switzerland as well as other EU country? Sorry, this is my 1st trip to Switzerland. Tks.

Hi again,

Some shops and restaurants will accept Euro -- but they are doing you a service, and will charge accordingly. So, the rate they give you will be very bad, and you will get your change in chf.

It's quite easy to just pop by an ATM and get out some chf for your time there. Save your leftover Euro for your next trip!

s