There are 9 ways to get from Ferrara to Zurich by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Milan
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich HbEc
6h 21mCHF 75–175Bus via Milan
cheapest- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione356
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano507 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station519 / ...
8h 41mCHF 24–73Drive 492.7 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Zurich492.7 km
5h 56mCHF 79–114Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BLQ - ZRH
4h 29mCHF 88–236Train
- Take the train from Ferrara to PadovaFr
- Take the train from Padova to Zuerich HbEc
7h 16mCHF 96–171Bus
- Take the bus from Modena Casello A1 Nord Viale Virgilio to Zürich
12h 22mCHF 42–64Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)VCE - ZRH
4h 59mCHF 89–245Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)FLR - ZRH
5h 21mCHF 93–282Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Basel (BSL)VCE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
6h 23mCHF 89–262
Ferrara to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Zurich is to bus via Milan which costs SFr 23 - SFr 75 and takes 8h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 4h 29m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Kennedy and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Bologna Centrale and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Ferrara to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Zuerich Hb via Bologna Centrale and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 21m.
The distance between Ferrara and Zurich is 509 km. The road distance is 492.7 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Zurich without a car is to train via Milan which takes 6h 21m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 180.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Ferrara to Zurich, including transfers.
Ferrara to Zurich bus services, operated by TPER spa, depart from Kennedy station.
Ferrara to Zurich train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Ferrara station.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Zurich is to train via Milan which takes 6h 21m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 180. Alternatively, you can bus via Milan, which costs SFr 23 - SFr 75 and takes 8h 41m.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ferrara to Zuerich Hb via Bologna Centrale and Milano Centrale in around 6h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kennedy to Zurich Bus Station via Bologna Centrale and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 8h 41m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–390
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–390
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–360
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–21
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
Train from Padova to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–130
- 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
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- CHF 3–5
- 1st Class
- CHF 5–7
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–19
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–19
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–21
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–14
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Modena Casello A1 Nord Viale Virgilio to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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More Questions & Answers
Ferrara to Zurich bus services, operated by TPER spa, arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Ferrara to Zurich train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Zurich is 493 km. It takes approximately 5h 56m to drive from Ferrara to Zurich.
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