There are 9 ways to get from Forbach to Lugano by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
8h 10mCHF 68–230Bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
cheapest- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Freiburgbus 011 / ...
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Luganobus FlixBus N474
10h 44mCHF 32–75Bus
- Take the bus from Forbach to Metzbus 790
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
10h 25mCHF 39–54Drive 491.6 km
- Drive from Forbach to Luganocar 491.6 km
5h 13mCHF 77–110Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 18mCHF 136–340Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
8h 57mCHF 69–151Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LUX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 14mCHF 63–214Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Forbach(F) to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 1mCHF 81–277Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LUX - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 31mCHF 52–157
Forbach to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Forbach to Lugano is to bus via Freiburg im Breisgau which costs SFr 30 - SFr 75 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Forbach to Lugano is to drive which takes 5h 13m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 110.
No, there is no direct bus from Forbach to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Forbach and arriving at Lugano via Metz - Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Forbach to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Forbach and arriving at Lugano via Metz Ville, Mulhouse Ville and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 10m.
The distance between Forbach and Lugano is 607 km. The road distance is 491.6 km.
The best way to get from Forbach to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 8h 10m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 230.
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Forbach to Lugano, including transfers.
Forbach to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Forbach station.
Forbach to Lugano train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Forbach station.
The best way to get from Forbach to Lugano is to train which takes 8h 10m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 55 and takes 10h 25m.
What companies run services between Forbach, France and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Forbach to Lugano via Metz Ville, Mulhouse Ville, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 8h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Forbach to Lugano via Metz and Metz - Bus Station in around 10h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–130
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–90
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Metz Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Forbach(F) to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- 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 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.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/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Forbach(F) to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Forbach to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Forbach to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Metz station.
Forbach to Lugano train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Metz Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Forbach to Lugano is 492 km. It takes approximately 5h 13m to drive from Forbach to Lugano.
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