Together with you, our aim is to inspire more travellers to use public transport in Switzerland. We’re looking for partnerships that extend our sales reach and promote sustainable travel by having a presence in the right place.

Do you meet the following requirements for using SBB’s Swiss Mobility APIs?

• Complete the full registration process to ensure proper invoicing.
• Sign our standard contracts.
• After a positive credit check, you provide a security of around two months’ turnover.
• You provide advice, sales (including fulfilment), payment collection and after-sales service.
• Sell our products and achieve a minimum turnover of CHF 100,000 per year after two years.
• You have access to your reports at all times.
• You settle our monthly invoices by payment slip.

Find out more about other sales solutions in the next section.

Would you like to sell cross-border tickets for the whole of Europe or provide other Swiss tourism products, such as hotel accommodation?

In addition to the direct integration of our APIs, you also have the option of accessing our product ranges via our partners’ sales solutions.

Here you will find a list of partners who supplement our products with additional services.

We will be happy to advise you and help you to find the best solution. If you opt for a technical solution from our partners, you can still enter into a commercial relationship with SBB too. Contact us – we’re here for you

Our simple, modular REST APIs can be easily integrated within just a few weeks. We will be happy to advise and support you during the connection set-up phase and share our sales expertise in the public transport sector with you.

• You can register by clicking on the “Register now” button.
• We’ll check whether you meet our connection criteria and whether direct integration is a suitable option for you.
• You register for your preferred integration APIs at developer-int.sbb.ch. We will provide you with access.
• You sign the standard distribution and/or system contract we send you.
• You provide a security in the form of a cash deposit or bank guarantee in accordance with our instructions.
• You integrate the APIs you want.
• We check implementation in accordance with the defined acceptance processes.
• You register for your chosen production APIs at developer-int.sbb.ch. We grant you access after successful acceptance.
• You sell your first products to our shared travellers.
• You will receive your first invoice after 30 days and will be able to access reports at any time.
• We are continuously developing the APIs by adding product range components and functions.
• You follow our blog and implement updates no later than 9 weeks after their release by SBB.

Find out more about Switzerland’s status as a ‘railway nation’ from our marketing partner Swiss Travel System AG (STS AG).

Zurich-based STS AG is a marketing firm founded in 2011 by SBB, Switzerland Tourism and five Swiss public transport companies.

STS AG’s own market managers work on priority and active markets worldwide. Targeted marketing activities in specific countries aim to raise awareness of the benefits of using public transport.

Benefit from collaboration and plan joint marketing activities, for example with a Swiss Travel Pass promotion, to encourage the use of Swiss public transport.

Want to know more about public transport in Switzerland? Become an expert with the Swiss Travel System Excellence e-learning programme.

Together with our partners, we provide and develop an optimised product portfolio for sales via third-party platforms.

Tourist passes and offers.

The Swiss Travel Pass, providing unlimited travel by rail, bus and boat, is the flagship product for visitors from abroad. The Swiss Travel Pass also allows your customers to benefit from unlimited travel on public transport in over 90 cities, free admission to 500 museums and discounts of up to 50% on mountain railway tickets.

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• Regional and urban transport solutions for touristsLink opens in new window.
  
• Seat reservations on panorama trainsLink opens in new window.
  
• Special tickets for mountain travelLink opens in new window.
  

Tickets and reservations for Switzerland.

Whether your customers are planning to make one journey by public transport or several, by themselves or as a group, with or without their children, their dogs or their bicycles: we offer a wide range of tickets from all transport companies throughout Switzerland.

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• City-Ticket (Point-to-Point Ticket, including local services)Link opens in new window.
• Group tickets for groups of 10 or moreLink opens in new window.
• Seat, bicycle and dining car reservationsLink opens in new window.

Day Passes for Switzerland.

Day Passes are a great option which allow your customers to travel all over Switzerland for a day. Day Passes are available for children, dogs and bicycles too. Tip: a Saver Day Pass allows your customers to travel for as little as CHF 29.

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• Find supersaver ticketsLink opens in new window.

Regional public transport tickets.

Need bus, tram and S-Bahn train tickets for local services for your customers too? We’re your one-stop shop for all Swiss cities and regional fare networks.

SWISS Air Rail Ticket.

The SWISS Air Rail Ticket combines rail and air travel. For your customers, this means making only one booking with SWISS for the entire journey by train and plane and only having to check in once.

Travelcards and international travel.

Travelcards and cross-border tickets are not available via SBB Swiss Mobility Solutions.

In Switzerland, your customers can enjoy safe and reliable travel by train, bus, boat and tram.

• Real-time timetable information.
• Display of shared mobility solutions.
• Footpath routing for arrival/departure and transfers.
• Booking of parking spaces at railway stations (Park & Rail).

Other SBB services:

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• Luggage special for partners
• CAPRE group reservations

SBB’s Swiss Mobility APIs are RESTful web services which use http methods to access resources. More technical information can be found in our documentation.

Cookbooks.

Read the E2E documentation for the SBB Swiss Mobility APIs. These documents describe the concepts, services, booking process, access, authorisation and error handling process.

SBB Developer.

SBB’s Swiss Mobility APIs are provided by an API Management Platform. To gain access, you first have to register as a developer in the SBB Developer Portal for the integration environment.

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PROD (Search term “SMAPI”)Link opens in new window.

Swagger.

Find out all the technical details and try out our APIs with service mock-ups.

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Technical support.

Enter any technical queries via the bug form – we’ll start working on them right away.