There are 10 ways to get from Arnhem to Lucerne by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
7h 58mCHF 98–577Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Arnhem Central Station to Antwerp Rooseveltplaatsbus N81
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Luzernbus FlixBus N846
14h 10mCHF 63–111Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Arnhem Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir70 / ...
10h 59mCHF 95–212Drive 735.9 km
- Drive from Arnhem to Lucernecar 735.9 km
6h 17mCHF 122–176Train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir70 / ...
11h 3mCHF 102–271Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
5h 44mCHF 142–346Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 4mCHF 162–371Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
6h 29mCHF 144–331Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 25mCHF 110–368Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 30mCHF 121–317
Arnhem to Lucerne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arnhem to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Arnhem to Lucerne is to train and fly which takes 5h 44m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Arnhem station to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Arnhem Central Station and arriving at Luzern via Antwerp Rooseveltplaats. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Arnhem to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Arnhem Centraal and arriving at Luzern via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 58m.
The distance between Arnhem and Lucerne is 748 km. The road distance is 735.9 km.
The best way to get from Arnhem to Lucerne without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 7h 58m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Arnhem to Lucerne, including transfers.
Arnhem to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Arnhem Central Station.
Arnhem to Lucerne train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Arnhem Centraal station.
The best way to get from Arnhem to Lucerne is to train via Mannheim which takes 7h 58m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 10m.
What companies run services between Arnhem, Netherlands and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Arnhem Centraal to Luzern via Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 7h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Arnhem Central Station to Luzern via Antwerp Rooseveltplaats in around 14h 10m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Arnhem Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–140
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–130
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–30
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Arnhem Central Station to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Arnhem to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
Arnhem to Lucerne train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Duesseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Arnhem to Lucerne is 736 km. It takes approximately 6h 17m to drive from Arnhem to Lucerne.
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