Tunnel Pass for BLS Car Transport Service

How it works

With the Tunnel Pass, you can conveniently pay for your BLS Car Transport Service journeys using prepaid credit. You receive an additional bonus with every top-up.

Your top-up options

• Top up CHF 250.00 → CHF 50.00 bonus → CHF 300.00 total credit
• Top up CHF 750.00 → CHF 450.00 bonus → CHF 1200.00 total credit

Good to know

• Your topped-up credit is valid for 10 years.
• The bonus is valid for 3 years.
• The bonus is only used once your topped-up credit has been used up.
• If you use your total credit within three years, you benefit from the full bonus.
• Even if you travel less frequently, you will not lose any of the credit you have topped up yourself. It remains valid for 10 years. If the bonus expires after three years, you can continue using your remaining topped-up credit. You simply pay the regular fare from your credit without benefiting from the bonus.

The Tunnel Pass pays off for most customers from around 4 journeys per year. If you travel more frequently, you can benefit from an even greater bonus by choosing the higher top-up amount.

Example

If you travel on the Brig–Iselle route four times a year, your journeys over three years will have a total value of CHF 324.00. This generally allows you to use the full CHF 50.00 bonus.

Collect your Tunnel Pass card

After purchasing, you will receive a collection invitation with a QR code. You can collect your Tunnel Pass card at a staffed ticket counter in Kandersteg, Goppenstein or Brig.

Manage your user account

Easily manage your Tunnel Pass through your personal user account. You can check your current balance, top up your credit, check the validity of your credit and bonus, view all transactions and journeys, order a replacement card or block your card at any time.

Top up your credit

You can top up again when your total balance falls below CHF 150.00. If you top up before the validity period expires, your existing credit takes on the validity period of the new top-up.

Using your credit

When loading, your topped-up credit is used first, followed by the bonus.
Unused bonus credit expires after 3 years. The credit you have topped up yourself remains available until the end of the 10-year validity period. Cash payouts or refunds of topped-up amounts and bonuses are not possible.

How is your credit used?

The current fare is automatically deducted from your Tunnel Pass credit each time you travel. As prices vary depending on the route and fare category, the amount deducted may differ from one journey to another.

You can check your remaining balance and all charges at any time in your user account under “Transactions”.

Tunnel Pass credit cannot be used for purchases in the BLS webshop.

Valid Car Transport Service routes

• Lötschberg Car Transport Service (Kandersteg–Goppenstein)
• Simplon Car Transport Service (Brig–Iselle)

Not valid for the seasonal Kandersteg–Iselle direct trains.

Eligible vehicle categories

• Bicycle / moped up to 50 cc
• Motorbike over 50 cc / trike
• Vehicle up to 3.5t / max. 9 seats or motorhome up to 5t
• Trailer / caravan up to 3.5t

Using your Tunnel Pass at the ticket counter and self-service lane

At the staffed ticket counter:

• Bicycles, motorbikes and trikes
• Trailers and caravans up to 3.5t
• Motorhomes up to 5t

At the self-service lane:

• Vehicles up to 3.5 t with a maximum of 9 seats, without a trailer

Tunnel Pass for private customers

• From 4 November 2026, the Tunnel Pass will be available exclusively in the BLS webshop. To purchase one, you need a user account with a personal SwissPass login for identification. One Tunnel Pass can be purchased per user account.
• You need your Tunnel Pass card as an access card to use BLS Car Transport Service. After purchasing, you will receive a collection invitation with a QR code. You can collect your Tunnel Pass card at a staffed ticket counter in Kandersteg, Goppenstein or Brig.
• Private customers may share their Tunnel Pass with people living in the same household as the holder of the associated SwissPass login.
• If you wish to purchase multiple Tunnel Passes, you need separate user accounts with different SwissPass logins.

General terms and conditions for companies

• To register and manage more than one Tunnel Pass in a single user account, you must register as a corporate customer.
• To register as a corporate customer, you must submit an application in the BLS webshop using your company's Business Identification Number (UID).
• Multiple Tunnel Passes can only be purchased and managed once BLS has reviewed and approved the company application. Processing usually takes around 5 working days.
• To purchase Tunnel Passes, you need a user account with a SwissPass login for identification.
• All Tunnel Passes are managed and topped up centrally through the company account. To avoid linking this access to an individual's personal login, we recommend creating a new SwissPass login using a generic business email address (e.g. info@company.ch).
• You need your Tunnel Pass card as an access card to use BLS Car Transport Service. After purchasing, you will receive a collection invitation with a QR code for each Tunnel Pass. You can collect your Tunnel Pass cards at a staffed ticket counter in Kandersteg, Goppenstein or Brig. Cards can also be collected individually, for example by the respective drivers.
   

Note: If you prefer to pay for your journeys by invoice, the customer card is available as an alternative.