by After being hit hard by the pandemic, Swiss Rail is looking for ways to encourage greater use of its network. This week it announced a new kind of pass that should be available towards the end of 2023, reported 20 Minutes. © SwissPass AllianceThe “Public transport credit” pass or “Credit TP” pass will allow travellers to buy travel credit at a discount. The SwissPass Alliance, a public transport ticketing platform, has been trialing the idea since November 2021. It has been offering two different passes. One offers CHF 3,000 of credit for CHF 2,000 and the other offers CHF 1,000 of credit for CHF 800. The pass can be used in combination with a half price card. Any unspent value at the end of a year is refunded. The refund amount is the difference between the amount of credit
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After being hit hard by the pandemic, Swiss Rail is looking for ways to encourage greater use of its network. This week it announced a new kind of pass that should be available towards the end of 2023, reported 20 Minutes.
The “Public transport credit” pass or “Credit TP” pass will allow travellers to buy travel credit at a discount. The SwissPass Alliance, a public transport ticketing platform, has been trialing the idea since November 2021. It has been offering two different passes. One offers CHF 3,000 of credit for CHF 2,000 and the other offers CHF 1,000 of credit for CHF 800. The pass can be used in combination with a half price card.
Any unspent value at the end of a year is refunded. The refund amount is the difference between the amount of credit consumed and the amount paid for the pass.
SwissPass Alliance says there is no pass filling the gap between an annual pass (CHF 3,860 2nd class) and a half-price pass (CHF 185) and hopes the Credit TP will fill this gap. The pass should be available towards the end of 2023 when train timetables are updated.
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