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Official punctuality statistics can be found via the website of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS):
http://www.sbb.ch/en/corporation/the-company/facts-and-figures/punctuality-and-safety.html
The interpreration is left to you.
Punctuality statistics are often meaningless. Rail companies can too easily fine tune them. Moreover they are often ...
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The credit card format ticket was either a Halbtax Abo, a Generalabonement or a Gleis 7. The Halbtax Abo is basically a subscription that is valid for 1, 2 or 3 years and that will reduce all train tickets by 50%. The subscription itself costs around 150 CHF per year. The Generalabonement is is a ticket for one year that allows you to use any train, and ...
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Whether you can get a refund on a ticket will depend on the fare conditions of that ticket. Your confirmation should make clear of these conditions and you'll have been made aware of them prior to purchase.
If you booked a cheap advance fare by TER Corail (in the region of about £18-20) then this will likely be a non flexible meaning it's not refundable ...
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@mouviciel brought me on the right track ...
You can book the night train either via the dedicated website (only in French) or via the standard SNCF website, which is mutlilingual.
If you want to have a private 6-berth compartment, you have to be a group of at least 4 travelers. If you are less than four, you can only book 4-berth compartments as ...
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The details of restrictions and easements is split across a few places
To find out when Off-Peak, Off-Peak Day and Super Off-Peak tickets are/aren't valid, you need the National Rail Off-Peak ticket details PDF. It's a large document, and you'll need to do a lot of searching, but all the restrictions and easements are given in there.
In terms of working ...
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You can take your bike on Dutch trains. Folding bikes that don't take more space than a normal piece of luggage travel for free, but they must be fully folded during the trip. However, for normal sized bikes you need to buy a bicycle day ticket ("dagkaart fiets") which costs 6,- and can be bought from the ticket vending machines. You will of course also need ...
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The train trip alone costs 135 SEK one-way with Öresundståg from Kastrup to Lund C. That makes 270 in both directions, plus whatever you'll pay for bus fare (for local traffic, that's probably going to be around 100-200 SEK total, depending on where you are going). I'd definitely buy the card, it does save a lot of hassle, although admittedly not very handy ...
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Swiss Pass could be a very good option. When I went to Switzerland for 4 days, I paid in pounds (£153 if my memory serves me correct), and traveled the whole Swiss network for 4 days. They have some limitations, but the cost is worth it.
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