Where Does SBB Mobile Store Tickets and Travelcards?
SBB Mobile keeps tickets and travelcards in your SwissPass account with the phone holding offline cache in a private sandbox.
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SBB Mobile bookings live server-side. Tickets, supersaver deals, and linked SwissPass cards attach to the account. The sandbox caches timetables, connections history, and offline tickets.
EasyRide and travelcard linking extend the same account across the SBB ecosystem. Reinstalls restore everything after login. Station lists and history rebuild from cached data on first use.
Where SBB Mobile stores this, by platform
/data/data/ch.sbb.mobile.android.b2c
Private sandbox for cached timetables and offline tickets. Bookings sync through the SwissPass account. Open tickets online once before travel.
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/<guid>/Documents
Sandboxed container with the same account archive. SwissPass linking survives reinstalls after login. History rebuilds on first search.
Frequently asked questions
Do SBB Mobile tickets work offline?
Tickets cache after first open for offline inspection. Open each ticket on Wi-Fi before travel, since tunnels love dead zones. The SwissPass link keeps travelcards available too.
How do I move SBB Mobile to a new phone?
Log in on the new phone. Tickets, travelcards, and passenger details sync from the SwissPass account. The sandbox held cached timetables that rebuild on first search.
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