Validating train tickets - Germany, Switzwerland

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Feb 6th, 2016 | 01:27 AM

kdd

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Validating train tickets - Germany, Switzwerland

Hi,

I have bought a Flexi ticket from Feankfurt to Basel, and also a Swiss Travel pass. Is there anything to be done to validate tickets before boarding the train?

Thanks!

Feb 6th, 2016 | 03:51 AM

Cowboy1968

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You don't need to validate the train ticket.
Don't know anything about the Swiss travel pass, though.

Feb 6th, 2016 | 03:55 AM

Cowboy1968

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P.S. If you bought the train ticket online to print @ home or to have it in the app, you need to have that piece of ID with you which you had chosen during the payment process.

Feb 6th, 2016 | 09:41 PM

kdd

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Yes, got the id which is credit card, thanks.

Feb 7th, 2016 | 05:44 AM

Christina

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If your Swiss Travel pass is an open dated one, then yes, you have to have it validated at a ticket office at the station before your first start. I think that is true of any such rail pass (Eurail, etc.). You should have received instructions when you bought it, didn't you?