There are 9 ways to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 6mCHF 157–418Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N1304 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrassebus : Milan Lampugnano Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
11h 15mCHF 52–81Train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
10h 39mCHF 159–455Train, night train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
12h 16mCHF 72–345Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 57mCHF 111–271Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
7h 47mCHF 103–266Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 42mCHF 110–357Train, bus
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from HOF, Hauptbahnhof,st 6 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrassebus
- Take the train from St. Gallen to Luzerntrain Vae
14h 49mCHF 99–169Drive 639.7 km
- Drive from Chemnitz to Lucernecar 639.7 km
7h 11mCHF 104–150
Chemnitz to Lucerne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 50 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne is to train and fly which takes 6h 6m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 420.
No, there is no direct bus from Chemnitz station to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz central bus station and arriving at Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Munich Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Chemnitz to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz Hbf and arriving at Luzern via Leipzig Hbf, Fulda Bahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 39m.
The distance between Chemnitz and Lucerne is 713 km. The road distance is 639.7 km.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne without a car is to train which takes 10h 39m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 460.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne, including transfers.
Chemnitz to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chemnitz central bus station.
Chemnitz to Lucerne train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, depart from Chemnitz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Lucerne is to train which takes 10h 39m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 50 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 15m.
What companies run services between Chemnitz, Germany and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Chemnitz Hbf to Luzern via Leipzig Hbf, Fulda Bahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 10h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Munich Central Bus Station in around 11h 15m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–440
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–440
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from St. Gallen to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 95–120
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 65–80
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–50
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–270
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from HOF, Hauptbahnhof,st 6 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Chemnitz to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Chemnitz to Lucerne train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chemnitz to Lucerne is 640 km. It takes approximately 7h 11m to drive from Chemnitz to Lucerne.
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