Travel to Montreux

Just wondering if anyone knows about travel within Switzerland.

I have booked flights to Geneva but don't know how to best get to Montreux from there.

Is train the best way?
Do you need to prebook?
How late do they run - our flight doesn't land until 9pm?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi Kudra

look under sbb.ch . That's the name of the swiss railway and there you find when and how long the trains run.
I think train is the best way to get to montreux from Geneva

best wishes and have fun Franz

And there is a railway station right in the airport

I'm also arriving in Geneva. It's about an hour by train to Montreux.

http://www.montreuxjazz.c...=transport
The most practical and environmentally friendly way to travel to the festival is by public transport. A partnership with CFF allows those with a concert ticket to take advantage of a 20% discount on their train journey. An increased number of trains are also put in service specifically for the Festival. Night-trains towards Lausanne, Geneva and Sion enable festival-goers to fully enjoy their evening and return safely home.

http://prince.org/msg/12/...sg_6756650

Train prices are 20% cheaper if you're destination is Montreux (with or without a ticket for the festival, so says the ticket).

2 all who travel with the swiss rail (SBB, CFF, FFS) tell them when u buy the ticket that u go 2 the jazz festival! So u will recive a discount off 20% !!

B Funky wundi


p.s. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...BB-CFF-FFS is the name in the 3 main language from switzerland (german, franch and italien)

p.p.s. About Switzerland:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz

p.p.p.s. switzerland has also a 4th language (http://en.wikipedia.org/w...h_language). just i case that i don't have told u!

p4.s. Info and hotels in Montreux: http://montreux.ch/homepage.html
[Edited 7/6/09 0:25am]

Thanks for all the information

I have had a good look at the websites and as long as my flight is not delayed we should make it there OK!

A few people have mentioned the 20% discount, butwhen we arrive the ticket offices will be closed (after 9pm), does anyone know if we can get the discount through the automated ticket machines?

Gonna be there for a few days, any suggestions for sights and eating etc

Hi!

I'm going there from London 4 a few days. Travelling on my own.

I found the forums on these sites to be useful:

http://www.tripadvisor.co..._Vaud.html

http://www.travbuddy.com/...ntreux#929

london1 said:

purplecorvette1 said:

Just spoke to the concierge in my hotel.... 1 hour and 15 minutes by train from Geneva airport to Montreux....leaves every 1/2 hour

By car it takes about 1 hour from airport

aurora1 said:

wundi said:

2 all who travel with the swiss rail (SBB, CFF, FFS) tell them when u buy the ticket that u go 2 the jazz festival! So u will recive a discount off 20% !!

B Funky wundi


p.s. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...BB-CFF-FFS is the name in the 3 main language from switzerland (german, franch and italien)

p.p.s. About Switzerland:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz

p.p.p.s. switzerland has also a 4th language (http://en.wikipedia.org/w...h_language). just i case that i don't have told u!

p4.s. Info and hotels in Montreux: http://montreux.ch/homepage.html
[Edited 7/6/09 0:25am]

lottielooloo1968 said:

hi wundi!
u sound like u are familiar with montreux/the festival..

are the bars/pubs/cafes open late?
i'm not planning on sleeping & will have a few hours to fill b4 trains start running, (presuming the last show overuns.. )
btw, i do have plan b if they close early & don't do lock ins!

Bailorin said:

purplecorvette1 said:

Regarding the 20% discount,

I called the SBB helpline today and if the ticket offices are closed so you can't get your discount
you should be able to get a refund from the conductor on the train.

Good news for me as every penny saved will make a difference

wundi said:

lottielooloo1968 said:

hi wundi!
u sound like u are familiar with montreux/the festival..

are the bars/pubs/cafes open late?
i'm not planning on sleeping & will have a few hours to fill b4 trains start running, (presuming the last show overuns.. )
btw, i do have plan b if they close early & don't do lock ins!

yes, i life in switzerland but in the german part (not the french one). i was only once at montreux (2007 when prince was there). we are eating pizza at 2-3 o clock, but they are closing at that time.but there are also a lot of food boots at the lake....

i think its no problem to survive
at bad times you can go to the train station where it have food machine....

B Funky wundi
[Edited 7/10/09 16:09pm]