There are 10 ways to get from Berlin to Zurich by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
4h 28mCHF 49–151Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
9h 19mCHF 210–328Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N42
15h 25mCHF 55–96Night train
- Take the night train from Berlin Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
14h 26mCHF 65–250Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
5h 47mCHF 71–216Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
5h 57mCHF 148–404Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BER - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
6h 48mCHF 111–287Bus, train
- Take the bus from Berlin to Leipzigbus Kyiv-Magdeburg / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
13h 20mDrive 785.6 km
- Drive from Berlin to Zurichcar 785.6 km
8h 19mCHF 122–176Drive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Zurichcar
9h 8mCHF 172–241
Berlin to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 100 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 28m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 160.
No, there is no direct bus from Berlin to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Berlin Südkreuz train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Berlin Hbf and arriving at Zuerich Hb. This train operates Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The journey takes approximately 14h 26m.
The distance between Berlin and Zurich is 691 km. The road distance is 785.6 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Zurich without a car is to train which takes 9h 19m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 4h 28m to get from Berlin to Zurich, including transfers.
Berlin to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Berlin to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Berlin to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 28m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 210 - SFr 330 and takes 9h 19m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 55 - SFr 100 and takes 15h 25m.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
easyJet, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Berlin Hbf to Zürich HB via Frankfurt and Basel SBB in around 9h 19m.
- 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
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- 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, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
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 80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 36–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- 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
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 230–250
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 140–170
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 65–85
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- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- 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 17–21
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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 85–110
- 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 Südkreuz train station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Berlin to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
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More Questions & Answers
Berlin to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Berlin to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Berlin to Zurich is 786 km. It takes approximately 8h 19m to drive from Berlin to Zurich.
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