Ten years after SBB discontinued the printed timetable containing all timetables in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, LIEmobil is also ending the era of printed timetables. Changes during the year could not be reflected in the static timetable book, and the consumption of resources was disproportionately high. LIEmobil recommends using online timetables. Timetable tables for individual lines can still be downloaded from liemobil.li.

The era of printed timetables is coming to an end in Liechtenstein. The LIEmobil timetable valid from December 14 will no longer be available as a timetable book.  

LIEmobil recommends the following tools for easy trip planning on its route network and to neighboring countries:

• sbb.ch (computer, cell phone, and tablet)  
• SBB Mobile App (cell phone and tablet)  
• Google Maps (computer, cell phone, and tablet)
  

The online timetables show daily updates on changes, delays, and diversions—e.g., due to construction work. LIEmobil constantly updates the timetable with changes during the year and at short notice, and these are correctly displayed in the online timetables.  

"Online timetables show you the way"

"The online timetable doesn't focus on the many different bus and train lines, but rather on 'Tell me where you want to go, and I'll show you the way,'" explains LIEmobil communications manager Sigvard Wohlwend: "The online timetable tells me: 'Your bus leaves from this stop, it has the following line number, at that stop you have to change to the following train towards X, which will depart on time from platform 2.' It couldn't be easier!"

Wohlwend goes on to explain that the timetable book does not show, for example, that there is a service every 15 minutes from Ruggell to Oberland during the week, because this frequency is ensured by the interaction of the three lines 31, 32, and 36. In the timetable book, you would have to laboriously piece this together yourself by leafing back and forth between lines 31, 32, and 36.

High costs, high resource consumption

The last edition of the timetable book had a print run of 4,000 copies. Stacked on top of each other, this would have formed a tower 20 meters high and weighing 300 kg. "The costs for production and printing amounted to over 20,000 Swiss francs, which works out at 5 francs per timetable book – and many of them were used just once before being thrown in the bin," says Wohlwend.  

LIEmobil offers courses on how to use online timetables

LIEmobil is aware that this measure and the switch to online timetables may cause uncertainty among some passengers. The mobility advisors at the LIEmobil customer center are happy to help you set up the SBB Mobile app on your smartphone. LIEmobil also offers free courses in collaboration with Stein Egerta, where participants can learn how to use the SBB Mobile app. The LIEmobil customer center (info@liemobil.li) accepts registrations at any time, and as soon as enough registrations have been received, another course will be held.

Print timetables at home

Passengers who would like to continue using printed timetables for planning their journeys in the new timetable year can still download these from the LIEmobil website:

Timetables for LIEmobil lines from the passenger information data for public transport in Switzerland and Liechtenstein are now available on the LIEmobil website: go.liemobil.li/fahrplantabelle.
The timetables for your favorite stops will be available on the LIEmobil website shortly before the timetable change: go.liemobil.li/haltestellenaushang.