There are 10 ways to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BER - ZRH
4h 18mCHF 48–149Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Zurich Bus Station234 / ...
14h 15mCHF 34–86Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurt12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
9h 45mCHF 82–267Night train, train
- Take the night train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Singen(Hohentwiel)Nj
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBIc
15h 48mCHF 86–317Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)BER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
5h 38mCHF 69–206Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DRS - ZRH
5h 48mCHF 131–392Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)BER - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HB
6h 52mCHF 120–298Train
- Take the train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Roßlau(Elbe)Re7
- Take the train from Roßlau(Elbe) to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Zürich HBEc
13h 22mCHF 250–452Drive 785.6 km
- Drive from Berlin to Zurich785.6 km
8h 17mCHF 125–181Drive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Göttingen
- Take the car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Zurich
9h 8mCHF 178–243
Berlin (State) to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 30 - SFr 90 and takes 14h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 18m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin (State) to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Berlin (State) to Zurich. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Zürich HB via Berlin Hbf, Frankfurt and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 45m.
The distance between Berlin (State) and Zurich is 685 km. The road distance is 785.6 km.
The best way to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 45m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 4h 18m to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich, including transfers.
Berlin (State) to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Berlin (State) to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf station.
The best way to get from Berlin (State) to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 18m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 150. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 270 and takes 9h 45m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 30 - SFr 90 and takes 14h 15m.
What companies run services between Berlin (State), Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
Eurowings, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Zürich HB via Berlin Hbf, Frankfurt, and Basel SBB in around 9h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–410
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Singen(Hohentwiel)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–255
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 240–255
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 140–160
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 60–75
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Roßlau(Elbe)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Roßlau(Elbe) to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Berlin (State) to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Berlin (State) to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Roßlau(Elbe) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Berlin (State) to Zurich is 786 km. It takes approximately 8h 17m to drive from Berlin (State) to Zurich.
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