iPhone app - the Swiss knows their trains

Honestly they do, and I do love their trains as well.

So when I saw a SBB/CFF/FFS (Swiss Federal Railways in three languages that) iPhone app I just had to test it. And it's free so why not...

Expecting the usual clean uncluttered Swiss style interface of course - it delivered. Then expecting efficient delivery of local Swiss train times and connections - it delivered.

Not expecting any non-Swiss connections though, but lo and behold, it does, and that as efficient as it was the local train from Zürich to Rapperswil!

It does my local ten minutes to Cannes, it does the Oslo airport to Asker, it does the Antibes to London including subway times in Paris for the connection, it does complicated stuff all the way through Europe including changes in far away places. Simply amazing.

So next time in Europe or if you live here of course - do try this one. (It's in English as well if your German is rusty).

Here's their website - I think I'll donate a few CHFs... this one has real value!
(Oops, they're using PayPal which I hate with a vengeance - the complete opposite functionality, to the extreme)

Comments

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Why do you hate paypal?
Which (no-setup-fee) alternatives would you suggest?

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Hi Gideon,

thanks for prompting me re PayPal!

Typically, this time I think I had to refill most fields at least three times: I followed "my" natural flow as in filling in name and so forth, error, told to fill in amount first (which was in a different "box" so I actually did not see that first), start over, fill in name and credit card number, choose country, and pow; hit by automation and all changed into empty and French this time, start over again, click on submit, error again, not allowed to use that credit card because it was already registered (how could I remember that?) so I had to log in, and again, fill in fields...
If I had been paid by the hour the donation would have been the cheapest part of the exercise :)

Not what I would call a natural flow, nor very trust inspiring when using a payment service!

As to alternatives, no idea to be honest. When there is one I'll be there!