TRAVELLING WITH A BICYCLE

Tickets for self-service loading of bicycles

  • As a general rule, accompanied bicycles are only carried if sufficient space is available in the vehicles.
  • The cycles must be loaded, unloaded and reloaded by the users themselves.
  • The options and conditions for the transportation of cycles are subject to the provisions of the individual transport companies as shown in the following Table.
  • Transport of dirty cycles may be refused if there is a risk that passengers and/or the vehicle would be contaminated
     
Assortment Validation Holders of GAs,
Half-Fare
travelcards,
children up
to age 16 		Normal fare
ZVV tickets
Single ticket/day pass*		 30 min. to 24 hrs

Reduced price,
2nd class

 Price for adults,
2nd class
SBB-Bike day pass Day of issue or validation CHF 10.- CHF 15.-
SBB-Multiple bike day pass
(Booklet of six 1-day bike
passes for the price of five)		 Day of validation CHF 60.- Not available
SBB-Bike pass 1 year,
non-transferable		 CHF 195.- CHF 195.-
 
  • *also multiple-journey tickets or multiple day passes.
  • National half-fare or full-fare tickets must be purchased for the transport of bicycles beyond the area of the ZVV network. Transport is then valid for the route shown on the ticket.
  • With a Junior travelcard and the GA-Plus Familia, a cycle belonging to children aged from 6 to 16 is carried free of charge. Conditions: a family group must be travelling (including at least one parent) and the parents must have tickets for their cycles.
  • Two tickets are required for tandems, recumbent bicycles and tricycles.
  • Infants’ bicycles and childrens’ scooters are carried free of charge. Other conveyances which are easily carried, as well as dismantled and packaged cycles, are carried free of charge if they can be accommodated above or below the user’s seat.
     
Transport companies Conditions
FB Forchbahn Transport of cycles is permitted.
Swiss Post Bus Cycles are carried within the area of the ZVV network. Further information (German)
SBB Carriage of cycles is permitted except on Mondays to Fridays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in S-Bahn trains. Further information (German)
Stadtbus Winterthur Carriage of cycles is permitted except on Mondays to Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
SZU
Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn

S 4, Zurich Main Station–Sihlwald: carriage of cycles is permitted except on Mondays to Fridays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

S 10, carriage of cycles is permitted except on Mondays to Fridays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Carriage of cycles may be prohibited between Triemli and Uetliberg, or on parts of this route, if announced in advance.
Further information (German)
SZU
Auto (Zimmerberg)		 Cycles are only carried on line 170.

They are not carried on lines 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 140, 141, 142, 145, 151, 152, 153 and 156.
SZU/LAF
Adliswil - Felsenegg		 Cycles cannot be carried.
VBG
Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal		 Transport of cycles is permitted.
VBZ
Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich		 Transport of cycles is permitted.
VBZ
Dolderbahn		 Transport of cycles is permitted.
VBZ Polybahn Transport of cycles is permitted.
VZO
Lake Zurich and Oberland		 Transport of cycles is permitted except on lines 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 852, 853, 855, 881, 884, 893, 894, 921, 922, 923, 931, 951, 952, 961, 962, 971, 972, 973, 991, 992 and 993.
ZSG
Zürichsee-Schifffahrt		 Transport of cycles is permitted except for boat travel on the river Limmat.
ZVV-Nachtnetz
alle S-Bahn- und Buslinien		 Transport of cycles is permitted.
ABF Autobus Freienbach Cycles cannot be carried.
BDWM Bremgarten - Dietikon Transport of cycles is permitted.
BRER Bus Rapperswil/Jona Cycles cannot be carried.
BWS Richterswil - Wollerau Transport of cycles is permitted.
FHM Fähre Horgen - Meilen Transport of cycles is permitted.
SGG Greifensee-Schifffahrt Transport of cycles is permitted.
SOB Schweiz. Südostbahn Transport of cycles is permitted.