There are 11 ways to get from Bonn to Zurich by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
3h 59mCHF 66–178Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bonn UN Campus to Zurich Bus Stationbus N11
9h 25mCHF 29–60Train via Frankfurt am Main
- 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 Zürich HBtrain Ice / ...
7h 2mCHF 73–174Night train
- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
7h 50mCHF 45–270Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
3h 51mCHF 94–246Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
4h 49mCHF 83–228Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
5h 11mCHF 140–343Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
6h 16mCHF 112–307Train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
7h 50mCHF 80–290Train, night train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Boppard Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Boppard Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
10h 9mCHF 69–299Drive 507.8 km
- Drive from Bonn to Zurichcar 507.8 km
5h 17mCHF 80–115
Bonn to Zurich by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 29 - SFr 60 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 3h 51m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bonn UN Campus and arriving at Zurich Bus Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 25m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Zuerich Hb. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 50m.
The distance between Bonn and Zurich is 432 km. The road distance is 507.8 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Zurich without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 2m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 180.
It takes approximately 3h 59m to get from Bonn to Zurich, including transfers.
Bonn to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bonn UN Campus station.
Bonn to Zurich train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Bonn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Zurich is to fly which takes 3h 59m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 180. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 180 and takes 7h 2m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 29 - SFr 60 and takes 9h 25m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
Eurowings and Swiss fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Zürich HB via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, and Basel SBB in around 7h 2m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–19
- 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 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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 Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- 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
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–15
- 1st Class
- CHF 17–29
Train from Bonn Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 80–130
- 1st Class
- CHF 170–290
- 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 45–243
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 239–243
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–239
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 237–239
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 120–140
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–45
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Boppard Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 6–10
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Boppard Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bonn UN Campus to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Bonn to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Bonn to Zurich train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Zurich is 508 km. It takes approximately 5h 17m to drive from Bonn to Zurich.
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