SWITZERLAND Readers's Tips - No need to reserve (you can if you want to, costs extra and ties you down to that specific train not worth it in my experience. Haven't used the Swiss Pass, make sure you read instructions. When waiting for a train in Switzerland, position yourself so that the right kind of carriage will come to a halt in front of you.ig blueandwhite lettering signs A B C D overhead work in conjunction with yellow traincomposition posters and P. announcements before the train pulls in, like 2nd class sectors C and D that's your cue. Trains stop only briefly get on and walk through the train until you find a seat. It is customary to have a bag or something on the empty seat beside oneself (in the quiet hope that nobody will sit down in the adjacent seat it's also customary to ask somebody nicely if that seat next to them is taken, which is a signal to them to take their stuff off that seat and let you sit down as the train gets more crowded.hey will.ay "thank you". Other than that, it is not customary to strike up a conversation, and generally the volume is kept down folks want to read or snooze or relax, the Swiss like their quiet.o much so that there are now a number of "Ruhewagen" "Silence Carriages" in circulation where all conversation is a nono So if you see the sign "Ruhewagen" shhh. Bags can go between seatbacks on the floor, small stuff goes overhead, real big ones stay at either end of a compartment. Know your arrival time (you'll possibly change in Zand252;rich at the principal station called Hauptbahnhof, and possibly also in Bern, and for sure in Interlaken it depends on which train you take at what time and gather your things while approaching the stop, so that you're ready to make a swift move when the train pulls in.lso listen to the multilingual announcements you can't go wrong. If you do have to change in Bern, you'll get in on track 5 and leave from track 6. platform is called a Perron, a track is a Gleis. Pack light for train travel no more than a USlegal cabincarryon wheelie and a light backpack/slingpack, so that you always have a hand free and can manage in one easy go, there will be a lot of up and down stairs and so on anything more than that and you will be sorry. Otherwise trains are a breeze in Switzerland.

The only problem (minor I had with the Swiss Pass is that the ticket agent in Milan (being probably a little unfamiliar with the pass only placed a validation stamp on the second page of the pass.You must get the pass validated in Europe, before the first use of the pass.There is a space for validation on both the first and second pages.The conductor on the MilanLuzern train okayed the pass, but told me I needed to get the first page validated as well.I solved it by asking an agent in Luzern to stamp the first page, so both the first and second pages had stamps showing validation on the same day. The Swiss Pass says something about "only valid with passport" but no one ever asked to see th

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