Wekiva

I am about 2 weeks away from being 6 months out on our European trip. That's when I've been told I can purchase my train passes. I will be posting again in a week to ask some specific questions. What I need right now is the best place to get the price of individual tickets in the Lauterbrunnen valley area. I want to try and compare the cost of simply buying a Swiss pass as part of my overall pass vs. purchasing individual tickets for the train trips we'll actually be taking.

One concern is that from what I recall they don't post individual prices for tickets 6 months out. If this is the case then could I just use ticket prices a month out from now...or do the prices vary a lot between Dec and May which would make that pointless? Maybe this comparison isn't possible.

The web sites I usually use for train schedules is http://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml and http://www.raileurope.com/index.html. Are there better sites to compare prices?

Dukey1

Don't use RailEurope as their schedule is incomplete

Use the Swiss Fed Rail site:

www.sbb.ch

look in the upper right margin for the E (or En) symbol for the English version

GeoffHamer

Train ticket prices don't fluctuate. Standard fares are normally changed once every year, usually increasing roughly in line with inflation.
Discount fares may vary according to demand, but I don't think they're relevant for local journeys in Switzerland.
For local fares, use the national railway's website: SBB for Switzerland; Deutsche Bahn for Germany; SNCF for France.

Dukey1

Rail pass prices usually don't fluctuate much either once they've been set for a period and you can get them from the local railroad entity

hkto

Swiss Rail offers all sort of options to tourists who take more than one trip in short period of time. 99CHF half fare care (allows to get 50% train prices for 1 month) is good option if pass is not suitable. http://travel.sbb.ch/swissrailpass Generally "regular" prices for Swiss trains are on the high side but service is excellent.

Wekiva

Thanks all...I'm going to try and price the tickets individually and then compare the costs to a pass. We'll be using the trains for 2 days around the Lauterbrunnen valley area and I just don't think a pass is worth it (although the discount on the train up to the Schilthorn may weigh in the pass favor). I'm sure I'll have a few questions this week.

kmbp

http://www.schilthorn.ch/en/timetable-tariffs/