Bike transport Switzerland

[Deleted member 76633]

Have read that bike transport on Swiss Rail is very good but can't see a route from Martigny to Aosta. It gives a bus route instead. This appears to be run by DB via Savda. The Savda site says no bikes so does anyone know of any alternatives

http://www.savda.it/en/37/conditions-of-carriage/

 

[William Marques]

When we were on the VF a few years ago the train line stopped at Orsieres and there was a bus connection from there to the St Bernard Pass or through the tunnel to Aosta. IIRC there were facilities for bikes on both.

 

[jungleboy]

That's right, there is no train connection. Swiss train transport is amazing (I used to live in Geneva and took trains very often) and people take bikes on trains all the time, but unfortunately the cross-border train connections to France and Italy are fairly poor in comparison. The bus from Martigny to Aosta is a minivan rather than a full-sized bus, or at least it was when I took it, which is one reason why you wouldn't be able to take bikes. I hope you can find a solution.

 

[William Marques]

Has the train line to Orsieres been stopped. If I Google the link there is still an hourly service and the busses from there on were full size as you can see in the picture.

 

[Deleted member 76633]

Seems that SBB will take bikes [only] within Switzerland which means a stop at St Bernard Pass. From there it's a drop from 8,000 ft to 2,000 ft over 16 miles.

Interesting ....

 

[CvdP]

Seems that SBB will take bikes [only] within Switzerland which means a stop at St Bernard Pass. From there it's a drop from 8,000 ft to 2,000 ft over 16 miles.

Interesting ....

And what a nice drop it was!

We (Two ladies 60plus) cycled to the top (which was hard, but we stopped in (and started the next day from) a hotel on the way to the top in Liddes, which was also the last place where we could buy something to eat. At some point we were so tired we stopped every 300 meters).

Believe me, going downhill was a lot nicer, but we made it!
And enjoyed it.
And only did it because we couldn't find any transport either. ;-)