If you want to travel from Switzerland to European cities, you can purchase your tickets from the SBB website, or else at the counter in physical SBB offices which, however, are becoming scarcer at train stations.

As a result, many Swiss passengers often buy their international tickets directly from websites of foreign railway companies.

However, from November 1st, purchasing tickets for trains outside Switzerland via the SBB app will be made much easier, the company announced on Thursday. 

Ticket purchases through the app, already widely used for travel within Switzerland, “will also available for international travel,” SBB said.

“The SBB is thus responding to a recurring need and offering an additional sales channel for booking international train journeys,” the company added.

Initially, the app will offer tickets to neighbouring countries, as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, London, Bratislava and Barcelona, with other destinations added to the app later on.

“The new functions will combine journey planning, ticket purchasing, and digital support in one place,” the SBB said.

However, tickets will initially be available only for day travel.

Night trains will not yet be bookable via SBB Mobile and can be purchased, as now, online, or at the SBB ticket offices. 

You can preview and test the functions of the new app here.