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U-Abo (Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz TNW)
Your pass for public transportation in Northwest Switzerland
If you travel regularly in Northwest Switzerland, a U-Abo is the right choice. With an annual or monthly U-Abo, you can travel comfortably to work, school, and for leisure. The Abo is valid throughout the entire TNW area and allows for hassle-free travel by tram, bus, and train. This way, you can get around the region every day in a comfortable, sustainable, and cost-effective way.
With the U-Abo, you can travel throughout all zones of the TNW.
U-Abo Price List in CHF
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| Adults (registered with TNW) |
86.00 | 164.00 | |
| Adults (not registered) |
111.00 | 189.00 | |
| Transferable Adult (registered with TNW) |
108.00 | 202.00 | |
| Transferable Adult (not registered) |
133.00 | 226.00 | |
| Seniors aged 64 or 65 and older / IV (registered with TNW) |
72.00 | ||
| Youth up to age 25 (24.99 years old, registered with TNW) | 57.00 | ||
| Youth up to age 25 (24.99 years old, not registered) |
82.00 | ||
| Dog subscription (non-personal) |
57.00 | ||
"Registered with the TNW" means: You have registered your address with a municipality located within the Northwest Switzerland Tariff Association.
U-Abo Price List in CHF
Annual Subscription |
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2nd class |
1st class |
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| Adults (registered with TNW) |
824.00 | 1576.00 | |
| Adults (not registered) |
1074.00 | 1826.00 | |
| Transferable Adult (registered with TNW) |
1030.00 | 1926.00 | |
| Transferable Adult (not registered) |
1280.00 | 2176.00 | |
| Seniors aged 64 or 65 and older / IV (registered with TNW) | 688.00 | ||
| Youth up to age 25 (24.99 years old, registered with TNW) |
542.00 | ||
| Youth up to age 25 (24.99 years old, not registered) |
792.00 | ||
| Youth in Basel-Stadt up to age 25 (24.99 years old, registered in the canton of Basel-Stadt) |
365.00 | ||
| Dog pass (non-personal) |
542.00 | ||
"Registered with the TNW" means: You have registered your address with a municipality located within the Northwest Switzerland Tariff Association.
Connecting tickets for trips outside the purchased zones
Just buy a ticket for the section you're missing.
Do you want to travel beyond the borders of the regional network?
Your regional network travelcard is valid up until the last scheduled stop in the purchased zones. In this case, buy a ticket from the last stop of the selected means of transport within the zones included in your travelcard / ticket. Regional network tickets are not valid on trains that do not stop within these zones.
Currently, you can pay for your U-Abo with the following means of payment in the webshop and in the BLS app:
- Twint
- Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
- PostFinance
- Reka
- Apple Pay (BLS app only)
- Invoice (CembraPay billing) (webshop only)
- BLS Mobil app find out more about it
SwissPass – one card for everything
As soon as you buy a half-fare or other type of travelcard, you will automatically be given a SwissPass card. You just need a valid ID card (or another official identity document) and a current passport photo. As a first-time purchaser, you can also now purchase your travelcard in the BLS webshop and confirm your identity online in just a few minutes directly at a ticket office.
- SwissPass find out more about it
No, the U-Abo will not be automatically renewed. You can renew it manually in the BLS webshop, in the BLS Mobil app, at a ticket machine or at a ticket office.
No, you cannot add a Verbund subscription.
No, you cannot combine a regional travelcard with a half-fare travelcard.
Do you regularly commute between fare networks or outside a fare network and want to use local transport? We recommend a modular travelcard.
- Modular travelcard find out more about it
Yes. With a valid U-Abo, you can also use the TNW night network. No additional night surcharge is required on the TNW.
You can find more information about the fare conditions of Swiss transport companies here:
The modular travelcard makes commuting easy. Combine individual routes and zones Do you regularly travel between two fare networks or outside a transport network? Then the modular travelcard is what you need. With the modular travelcard you can easily, individually and flexibly interlink zones and routes.