There are 5 ways to get from Houston to Lucerne by plane or train
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Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
15h 55mCHF 320–1,034Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HOU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
19h 28mCHF 299–1,132Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Basel (BSL)plane IAH - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
16h 21mCHF 443–649Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane IAH - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
20h 4mCHF 375–1,350Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IAH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
17h 39mCHF 382–1,268
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Lucerne is to fly and train which costs SFr 440 - SFr 650 and takes 16h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 15h 55m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 1100.
The distance between Houston and Lucerne is 8649 km.
It takes approximately 15h 55m to get from Houston to Lucerne, including transfers.
Lucerne is 7h ahead of Houston. It is currently 6:49 PM in Houston and 1:49 AM in Lucerne.
There are 676+ hotels available in Lucerne.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Lucerne, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Houston to Lucerne. However, you can take the line 102 bus to Bush IAH Terminal C, walk to Houston-Airport-IAH airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Luzern. Alternatively, you can take the line 102 bus to Bush IAH Terminal C, walk to Houston-Airport-IAH airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Luzern.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Pittsburgh, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Nashville, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Raleigh/Durham, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,100
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Nashville, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Zurich Airport via Indianapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,300
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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