Switzerland: Delays & disruptions
Engineering works are happening in Switzerland. Major disruptions are listed below, You can check the status of a train using the Swiss departure board.
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Current disruption
Bernina Express - Cancellations due to landslide
Due to a landslide and the continuing risk of falling rocks on the Bernina line, the railway line is unfortunately closed to the passage of the panoramic train between 5 and 12 April 2024.
We apologize for the inconvenience and the short notice.
Please contact us to request a full refund is your trip is impacted by a cancellation.
TGV Lyria - Summer Traffic info
Please find below the main impact of the engineering work over the summer.
Paris <> Geneva services
Running normally with 8 daily return services.
Paris <> Lausanne (via Geneva) services
SBB engineering works are scheduled from 29 June to 18 August 2024. Trains will depart from/terminate in Geneva.
Paris <> Lausanne (via Vallorbe) services
SNCF engineering works are scheduled on the high-speed line Mondays to Fridays from 13 August to 13 December 2024. 1 of the 3 daily return services will be cancelled: trains 9269 and 9268.
From 19 August 2024, TGV Lyria trains will operate between Lausanne and Paris (via Geneva).
Paris <> Basel/Zurich services
SBB engineering works are scheduled from 7 July to 11 August 2024.
2. 9223: departs Paris at 6:22 pm > arrives in Basel at 9:26 pm and Zurich at 11:00 pm
SNCF engineering works are scheduled on the high-speed line Mondays to Fridays from 13 August to 13 December. 2 of the 6 daily return services will be cancelled.
Further information to follow.
A quick reminder. As trains will be terminating in Geneva and Basel, you will need to purchase an SBB ticket for Lausanne <> Geneva and Zurich <> Basel connections.
Lyria - Strike from 16 to 18 February 2024
Dear All,
Due to the growing social strike, Lyria TGV traffic will be affected from Friday February 16 to Sunday February 18, 2024.
You will find below the list of trains cancelled on these days:
Trains cancelled on Friday February 16:
Paris <> Geneva :
From Paris : n°9781/9791 at 18h18.
Paris <> Lausanne :
From Paris : n°9269 at 11h56.
From Lausanne : n°9270 at 16h23.
Paris <>Basel/Zurich :
From Paris : n°9211 at 10h22 and n°9213 at 12h22.
From Zurich : n°9206 at 7h34, n°9226 at 15h34 and n°9234 at 18h34.
Trains cancelled on Saturday February 17:
Paris <> Geneva :
From Paris :n°9763 at 08h18, n°9783 at 12h18, and n°9781 at 18h18.
From Geneva : n°9770 at 12h29 and n°9780 at 18h34.
Paris <> Geneva/ Lausanne :
From Paris : n°9775 at 14h18.
Paris <> Lausanne :
From Paris : n°9269 at 11h56.
From Lausanne : n°9270 at 16h23.
Paris <>Basel/Zurich :
From Paris : n°9203 at 07h22, n°9213 at 12h22, n°9219 at 16h22
From Zurich, n°9206 at 07h34, n°9222 at 13h34 and n°9234 at 18h34.
Trains cancelled on Sunday, February 18:
Paris <> Geneva :
From Paris : n°9773 at 12h18, n°9781 and n°9791 at 18h18
From Geneva : n°9776 at 16h34
Paris <> Lausanne :
From Paris : n°9279 at 11h56.
From Lausanne : n°9278 à 16h23.
Paris <>Bâle/Zurich :
From Paris : n°9211 at 10h22 and n°9213 at 12h22.
From Zurich : n°9206 at 07h34, n°9226 at 15h34 and n°9234 at 18h34.
You can decide to cancel or postpone your trip by refunding or exchanging your ticket, free of charge , on our website.
Lyria - Strike from 29 January to 2 February 2024
Due to a planned industrial action, the TGV Lyria service will be slightly modified from Monday January 29 to Friday February 2, 2024.
Please find below the detailed schedule.
Monday 29 January:
The n°9761 (06:18), n°9775 (14:18) and n°9777 (16:18) originally scheduled from Paris Gare de Lyon to Lausanne are limited to Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
The n°9784 (19h45) originally scheduled from Lausanne to Paris Gare de Lyon is now of Geneva origin, Lausanne will not be served.
From Tuesday January 30 to Thursday February 1, 2024:
The n°9761 (06h18), n°9775 (14h18) and n°9777 (16h18) initially scheduled from Paris Gare de Lyon to Lausanne are limited to Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
The n°9768 (09h45) n°9774 (13h45) and n°9784 (19h45) originally scheduled from Lausanne to Paris Gare de Lyon are of Geneva origin, Lausanne will not be served.
Friday February 2, 2024:
The n°9761 (06h18) originally scheduled from Paris Gare de Lyon to Lausanne is limited to Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
The n°9768 (09:45) and n°9774 (13:45) originally scheduled from Lausanne to Paris Gare de Lyon originate in Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
You will be able to take a SBB train between Geneva and Lausanne on presentation of your TGV Lyria ticket.
Lyria - Winter engineering works
Find out all about the work between September 1 and December 9 here.
Lyria - Trains cancelled on 26 & 27 May 2023
Due to the growing social strike, Lyria TGV traffic will be slightly affected on Friday May 26 and Saturday May 27.
You will find below the list of trains cancelled on these days:
Trains cancelled on Friday May 26::
Paris <> Geneva:
Departing from Paris on n°9765 at 10.15am.
Paris <> Lausanne:
From Paris, n°9775 will run fine but will be limited to Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
From Lausanne, n°9784 will run well but will be from Geneva, Lausanne will not be served.
Trains cancelled on Saturday May 27:
Paris <> Geneva:
From Paris, n°9765 at 10.15am.
From Geneva, n°9764 at 8.29am and n°9780 at 6.29pm.
Paris <> Lausanne via Geneva:
From Paris, n°9761 at 6.18am.
From Lausanne, n°9774 at 1:45pm.
Paris <> Basel/Zurich :
From Paris, n°9213 at 12:19 p.m.
From Zurich, n°9234 at 6:34 p.m.
You can decide to cancel or postpone your trip by refunding or exchanging your ticket, free of charge , on our website, if your train has been cancelled.
Lyria - Strike action in France on 16 May 2023
In case of a national social labour movement in France, all Lyria lines are likely to be disrupted.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
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Widespread engineering and maintenance works are currently happening in France. The most important incidents are listed below, but please visit SBB's Traffic info page for a list of all the ongoing disruptions.
Lyria - Disrupted traffic on 20 April 2023
As part of the national strike action in France on 20 April, train traffic could be disrupted on all lines operated by TGV Lyria:
Lyria - Disrupted traffic on 6 April 2023
As part of the national industrial action, train traffic could be disrupted on all lines operated by TGV Lyria:
Lyria - Disrupted traffic on 6 April 2023
As part of the national industrial action, train traffic could be disrupted on all lines operated by TGV Lyria:
Lyria - Disrupted traffic from 27 March 2023
As part of the national strike action, train traffic will be severely disrupted from Monday 27 March 2023 on all lines operated by TGV Lyria.
Lyria - Disrupted traffic from 20 March 2023
As part of the national strike action, train traffic will be severely disrupted from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 March 2023 on all lines operated by TGV Lyria.
Lyria - Disrupted traffic from 07 March 2023
Due to a strike action in France, train traffic will be severely disrupted from Tuesday 7 March 2023 on all lines operated by TGV Lyria.
The following trains will be cancelled on 7 March 2023:
The following trains will be cancelled on 8 March 2023:
The following trains will be cancelled on 9 March 2023:
The following trains will be cancelled on 10 March 2023:
The following trains have been cancelled on the 13th March 2023:
The following trains have been cancelled on the 14th March 2023:
The following trains have been cancelled on the 15th March 2023:
Lyria - Disrupted traffic from 15 to 16 February 2023
Due to strike, TGV Lyria traffic will be disrupted from 15 to 16 February.
If your train has been cancelled, you have the possibility to exchange or obtain a refund of your ticket free of charge, regardless of the initial conditions of the ticket.
Lyria - Disrupted traffic from 6 to 9 February 2023
Due to strike, TGV Lyria traffic will be disrupted from 6 to 9 February.
If your train has been cancelled, you have the possibility to exchange or obtain a refund of your ticket free of charge, regardless of the initial conditions of the ticket.
Lyria - National strike in France planned on January 31 2023
Due to strike, TGV Lyria traffic will be disrupted on 30 and 31 January.
If your train has been cancelled, you have the possibility to exchange or obtain a refund of your ticket free of charge, regardless of the initial conditions of your ticket.
Lyria - Traffic disruption from December 23 to December 26
Due to strike from December 23 to December 26 TGV Lyria traffic has been modified.
Cancelled trains on Friday, December 23:
- Paris <> Geneva/Lausanne
- Paris <> Vallorbe/Lausanne
- Paris <> Basel/Zurich
Cancelled trains on Saturday, December 24:
- Paris <> Geneva/Lausanne
- Paris <> Vallorbe/Lausanne
- Paris <> Basel/Zurich
Cancelled trains on Sunday, December 25:
- Paris <> Geneva/Lausanne
- Paris <> Vallorbe/Lausanne
- Paris <> Basel/Zurich
Lyria - National strike in France from 01 to 05 December 2022
Due to the social movement on December 2, 3 and 4, we inform you that the TGV Lyria transport plan is adapted.
Limitations of all TGV Lyria in Geneva and Basel are planned. Zurich and Lausanne will not be served in both directions.
Please find below the trains CONFIRMED:
- Friday 2nd December 2022:
- Saturday 3rd December 2022:
- Sunday 4th December 2022:
Lyria - National strike in France on October 18th
Please be advised that the following trains are cancelled due to a national rail strike in France:
• 9765 from Paris Gare de Lyon at 10h18 to Geneva
• 9776 from Geneva at 16h29 to Paris Gare de Lyon
• 9789 from Paris Gare de Lyon at 20h18 to Geneva
LYRIA - Strike on September 29th and 30th
Thursday 29 September 2022
- 9763 departure from Paris Gare de Lyon at 08h18 to Geneva: Train cancelled
- 9770 departure from Genève at 12h29 to Paris Gare de Lyon: Train cancelled
- 9781 departure from Paris Gare de Lyon at 18h18 to Geneva: Train cancelled
Friday 30 September 2022
- 9764 departure from Lausanne at 07h23 to de Paris Gare de Lyon: Train cancelled
- 9211 departure from Paris Gare de Lyon at 10h22 to Bâle/Zurich: Train cancelled
- 9226 departure from Zurich at 15h34 and 16h34 from Bâle, to Paris Gare de Lyon: Train cancelled
Lyria - Engineering works in France and Switzerland - Update.
Due to engineering works on the line in France and Switzerland, travel will be especially disrupted. Trains between Paris and Zurich will terminate in Basel (in both directions):
- The weekends of 24 and 25 September, 22 and 23 October, and 3 and 4 December The Basel<>Zurich connection will be provided by an SBB train service, which can be booked alongside your TGV Lyria ticket.
Due to works planned for the weekends of 17/18 and 25/26 September as well as for the weekends of 1/2 and 8/9 October, the impact on the traffic will be as following:
- Modification on the Paris - Geneva from October 29th to November 1st:
October 29th 2022:
October 30th 2022:
October 31st 2022:
November 1st 2022:
Lyria - Engineering works in France and Switzerland.
Due to engineering works on the line in France and Switzerland, travel will be disrupted on TGV Lyria in the first half of 2022, particularly between Basel and Zurich.
Trains between Paris and Zurich will terminate in Basel (in both directions):
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- From 18 February to 6 March
- the weekends of 19-20 March, 26-27 March, 2-3 April and 9-10 April
- From 19 April to 1 May
- From 26 May to 24 July
The Basel<>Zurich connection will be provided by an SBB train service, which can be booked alongside your TGV Lyria ticket.
Please check here the complete calendar.
What to do if you experience a delay
Please speak to staff on the train or at the station if you are delayed. They will have the most up to date information and can tell you what to do. Also, ask the staff to stamp your ticket with proof of delay. This will make it easier for you to travel on later trains.
Keep all of your tickets until you return home. They can be used to submit a claim to the rail operator if you incur any unavoidable additional costs (new tickets, taxis).
For more information, please see our Help article: What happens if I miss my connection.
Please note that this information is provided by the rail operator and cannot be guaranteed by Rail Europe.
