There are 11 ways to get from Graz to Lugano by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train via Milan
best- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 23mCHF 115–224Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Graz to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 20mCHF 47–86Train, bus
- Take the train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan to Luganobus
11h 56mCHF 60–119Drive 698.5 km
- Drive from Graz to Luganocar 698.5 km
7h 40mCHF 112–161Fly Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane GRZ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 51mCHF 127–270Train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Luganotrain Ec
9h 28mCHF 126–199Fly Graz Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane GRZ - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 28mCHF 128–423Fly Graz Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 9mCHF 170–533Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane VIE - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 45mCHF 63–258Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane VIE - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 48mCHF 59–261Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane VIE - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 15mCHF 88–391
Graz to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Graz to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Graz to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 9m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 550.
No, there is no direct bus from Graz to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Graz Jakominiplatz H and arriving at Lugano via Graz and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Graz to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Graz Hbf and arriving at Lugano via Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 23m.
The distance between Graz and Lugano is 805 km. The road distance is 698.5 km.
The best way to get from Graz to Lugano without a car is to train via Milan which takes 9h 23m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 230.
It takes approximately 9h 23m to get from Graz to Lugano, including transfers.
Graz to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Graz station.
Graz to Lugano train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Graz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Graz to Lugano is to train via Milan which takes 9h 23m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 14h 20m.
What companies run services between Graz, Austria and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Graz Hbf to Lugano via Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale in around 9h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Graz Jakominiplatz H to Lugano via Graz P+R Webling, Graz, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 14h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–950
Flights from Graz Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
Flights from Graz Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–1,100
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–600
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–500
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–250
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–950
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–380
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–250
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–260
Flights from Graz Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
Train from Graz Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 60–90
Train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 26–40
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–45
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–110
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–90
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Villach Hbf to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Graz to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Graz to Lugano bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Graz to Lugano train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Venezia Mestre station.
Yes, the driving distance between Graz to Lugano is 699 km. It takes approximately 7h 40m to drive from Graz to Lugano.
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