There are 13 ways to get from Hanover to Lugano by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
10h 12mCHF 82–291Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus N24 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luganobus 421 / ...
14h 30mCHF 46–97Night train, train
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
11h 58mCHF 98–325Drive 888.6 km
- Drive from Hanover to Luganocar 888.6 km
8hCHF 144–208Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Basel to Luganobus
17h 53mCHF 121–491Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to München Ostcartrain 1393
- Drive from München Ost to Luganocar
7h 58mCHF 157–206Fly Hannover Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HAJ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 8mCHF 86–235Fly Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
6h 10mCHF 137–309Fly Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane HAJ - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 51mCHF 118–263Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HAM - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 52mCHF 46–217Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane HAM - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8h 11mCHF 97–300Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 15mCHF 61–255Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hannover 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 4mCHF 95–251
Hanover to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 100 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 6h 8m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Lugano via Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Lugano via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 12m.
The distance between Hanover and Lugano is 918 km. The road distance is 888.6 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 10h 12m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 300.
It takes approximately 10h 12m to get from Hanover to Lugano, including transfers.
Hanover to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Lugano is to train which takes 10h 12m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 100 and takes 14h 30m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Lugano via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and Basel SBB in around 10h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Lugano via Zurich Bus Station in around 14h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- 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 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 240–250
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–160
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 55–75
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–450
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- CHF 110–140
- Compartment
- CHF 350–450
Car train from Hannover Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–27
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Basel to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–35
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Hanover to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Lugano is 889 km. It takes approximately 8h to drive from Hanover to Lugano.
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