Zone upgrades

Connecting journeys within the fare network

Do you have a Z-Pass and wish to travel onward within a participating fare network? Then you need a regular ticket for this fare network starting from the zone directly adjacent to the area covered by your Z-Pass.

Exception:

This does not apply when the means of transport for your onward journey in the neighbouring fare network does not stop within the area of validity covered by your Z-Pass (e.g. on an express train without intermediate stops). In this case, you will need a ticket from the last stop.

Example:

You have a Z-Pass ticket for Baden–Schlieren with zones 154, 570 and 572. For your connecting journey to Zurich main station, you require the following ticket:

Journey on S-Bahn routes 3 and 12 with a stop in zone 154

ZVV ticket for zone 110 or ZVV connecting ticket for 1–2 zones. The combination with a route ticket for Schlieren–Zurich main station is also valid.

Journey by express train, Baden–Zurich main station with no stop

Z-Pass ticket, Baden–Zurich with zones 110, 111, 117, 154, 570, 572.

Reason: the express train does not stop in ZVV zone 154. Therefore, no ticket combination is possible.

Journeys beyond fare network boundaries

For travel beyond the fare network boundary, Z-Pass tickets are only valid up to the last timetable-scheduled stop within the applicable zones.

Example:

You hold an “A-Welle–ZVV” Z-Pass ticket valid for ALL ZONES. For the connecting journey to Bern on the InterCity from Zurich main station to Bern with no intermediate stops, you will need a connecting ticket for Zurich main station–Bern.

The availability of connecting tickets depends on the place of purchase.

The correct connecting ticket can be purchased conveniently online as an electronic ticket (e-ticket) from the SBB Ticket Shop at www.sbb.ch/en.