Fondue tram Zurich 2026/27: 64 operating days — and a break that isn't written anywhere
✓ Checked at the source · as of 9 October 2026
From 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027 the VBZ fondue tram rolls through Zurich on 64 evenings, twice each evening. That sounds like plenty of room. Yet by 9 October 2026, 32 of the 128 seatings were already sold out, 23 days before the first ride.
📅 Ride days 2026 — date and status
Open on 64 of the 120 calendar days – in between, the door stays shut.
Fondue-Tram (VBZ Event-Linie)
✓Sunday, 1 November 2026 – Sunday, 28 February 2027 · 120 days
- Organiser
- Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), Event-Linie
64 operating days from 1 November 2026 to 28 February 2027, two seatings each.
Source: shop.e-guma.ch · checked on 9 October 2026
🕐 Departure times and duration
It starts at 17:30 – later than 6 of the 7 events with a published start time.
Two seatings per operating day: 17:30 and 20:15, from Bellevue
🗓️ Running today?
64 days with something on, 31 of them on a Saturday or Sunday – enter your day and the check tells you what is open.
📅 Visit-day check
Pick the day you are free — the answer comes from the verified ConvivaPlus dataset, not from a run you have to work out in your head.
| Session | Run | Opening hours | Date set? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondue-Tram (VBZ Event-Linie) | Sun 1 Nov – Sun 28 Feb120 days | Two seatings per operating day: 17:30 and 20:15, from Bellevue | confirmed |
Calculated from the ConvivaPlus dataset — every row with its own source above.
🚉 Boarding & transport — where it starts
- Meeting point
- Bellevue-Schleife (Einstieg 15 Minuten vor Abfahrt)
🎟️ Tickets & prices from the operator
- «Sold out» is a snapshot: read on 9 October 2026 in the VBZ ticket shop. Seats are sold per seating.
- Programme per the ticket shop: boarding at the Bellevue loop, starter and fondue, toilet stop at the Bellevue loop, dessert — about two hours until you get off.
✨ On-board programme
The operating days give away how the tram is planned. It runs most often on Sunday, 16 times in the season; on Tuesday just once. December alone has 16 days, then comes a break: from 24 December 2026 to 2 January 2027 the fondue tram does not run for 10 days, over Christmas and New Year.
Each seating is sold separately. So «sold out» is not a property of the season but a list of evenings, read in the ticket shop on 9 October 2026. If your evening is gone, check the others: every evening has its own two seatings.
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🎯 Tips for families
How to still get a seat.
- 1Check several eveningsThe tram runs most often on Sunday and least often on Tuesday. A sold-out evening doesn't mean the next one is: each seating is sold separately.
- 2Plan around the breakBetween 24 December 2026 and 2 January 2027 there are no rides. For a Christmas dinner on the tram, go before.
- 3Early or late?The first seating starts at 17:30, the second at 20:15. Both leave from the Bellevue loop.
- 4Check the price in the shopThe 2026/27 price appears in the VBZ ticket shop when you book. We do not copy last year's price.
📊 Ride days compared with nearby rides
Where this ride falls between November and February.
Each bar is a ride, dark this one, light the nearest.
🗺️ Nearby — more festive rides
Bern has its own fondue tram, a 1935 tram with 44 seats where four people always share one caquelon. With children, in Zurich the Märlitram or the St Nicholas rides by steam train and boat fit better.
All 12 verified rides in Switzerland in the overview, the Zurich ones on the canton page.
More festive rides in the canton of Zurich
All of the canton of Zurich→Just across the canton border
❓ FAQ — answered
Answers from the verified dataset — no operating day carried over from last year.
People also ask
Related questions from our magazine
Yes, from November to February, leaving from Guisanplatz.
The operating days are not yet published.
St Nicholas, Advent and fondue rides at a glance.
The ConvivaPlus verdict
For early planners: 8 of the season's 9 events start later than this one. 120 days of opening – the typical event this season lasts 8 days.
Freshness note: Operating days and booking status read in the VBZ ticket shop on 9 October 2026. The status changes daily.
Check the latest: ConvivaPlus festive rides dataset 2026 – Zurich · Bellevue →
- ◆The break isn't written anywhere: you only see it when you line up the operating days from the shop.
How we check
Every date comes from the organiser's, the municipality's or the canton's own site — never from an aggregator, never copied over from last year. Next to each source is the date we last read it.
Something missing or changed? A note below is enough; we check it at the source.
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🚂 Festive rides · 9 October 2026