There are 12 ways to get from Bonn to Lugano by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
9h 33mCHF 76–256Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bonn UN Campus to Frankfurt central train stationbus N280
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Luganobus N474
12h 5mCHF 42–100Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
10h 13mCHF 88–340Drive 704.3 km
- Drive from Bonn to Luganocar 704.3 km
7h 6mCHF 114–165Train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ecm
10h 45mCHF 99–312Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 52mCHF 50–215Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 4mCHF 106–259Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 7mCHF 135–332Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 15mCHF 87–268Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 5mCHF 92–216Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 24mCHF 63–199Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
6h 39mCHF 62–243
Bonn to Lugano by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 100 and takes 12h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 4m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bonn UN Campus and arriving at Lugano via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bonn Stadthaus and arriving at Lugano via Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 33m.
The distance between Bonn and Lugano is 748 km. The road distance is 704.3 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Lugano without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 33m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 260.
It takes approximately 9h 33m to get from Bonn to Lugano, including transfers.
Bonn to Lugano bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, depart from Bonn UN Campus station.
Bonn to Lugano train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Bonn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Lugano is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 33m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 100 and takes 12h 5m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Lugano via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, and Basel SBB in around 9h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bonn UN Campus to Lugano via Frankfurt central train station in around 12h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–270
Train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–130
- 1st Class
- CHF 180–300
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–70
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–246
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 242–246
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Bonn UN Campus to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bonn UN Campus to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bonn to Lugano bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Bonn to Lugano train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Lugano is 704 km. It takes approximately 7h 6m to drive from Bonn to Lugano.
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