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Lötschberg & Simplon car transport service
What to note with respect to loading
Transport information for the smooth loading of your car
Never taken your car on a train before? Or haven’t used the car transport service for a long time? Our explanatory video shows how easy loading and transport are.
Check-in & prepare vehicle
Prepare vehicle for loading
- Ensure that your roof luggage, including bicycles, is securely fastened.
- Convertible: Close the top.
- Tune your radio or activate traffic announcements (TA Traffic Announcement).
Drive on & park
- Do you have luggage (roof box, bicycle, etc.) on the roof of your car or a convertible with a fabric roof? You will be instructed by railway staff to load your vehicle onto a loading wagon with a protective roof.
- Is your delivery van taller than 2.5 metres or does it have an open loading area? You will be instructed by railway staff to load onto a loading wagon with a protective roof.
- Ensure that all four wheels are placed on the same wagon.
- It is forbidden to leave the vehicle on the car train, unless it is an emergency or the railway staff expressly instructs you.
- Secure your vehicle against rolling away (parking position).
- Do not start any vehicle updates on the car train.
- Follow all instructions given by railway staff.
In an emergency
- Do not touch the overload line.
- Dial 112.
- Listen to the radio or activate TA for automatic traffic announcements (TA Traffic Announcement).
- Never leave your vehicle on the car train, except in an emergency or if instructed to do so by railway staff.
- In an emergency, escape along the side path in the direction indicated. A handrail is provided to assist you as you walk.
In the event of damage public liatility insurance
- If your vehicle was damaged during the trip, please report this immediately upon arrival at the disembarkation station.
- Retain the ticket during your trip – it counts as proof of transport.
- The liability of BLS Ltd. for damage to motor vehicles to be transported is limited to the extent prescribed in Art. 27 of the Passenger Transport Act and Art. 76 of the Ordinance on Passenger Transport.