There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Lucerne by plane, train, car ferry, car, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 3mCHF 96–252Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburgbus
- Take the bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus stationbus 083
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrassebus
3d 5hCHF 95–287Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Lucernecar
30h 17mCHF 281–972Fly Cork Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
5h 46mCHF 105–320Fly Dublin Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
6h 53mCHF 103–257Fly Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUB - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzerntrain
9h 4mCHF 160–457Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
30h 40mCHF 281–887Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the train from Rennes to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
33h 45mBus, train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Brnobus
- Take the bus from Brno Hlavní Nádraží to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
3d 16h
Ireland to Lucerne by tram, foot, ferry, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Lucerne is to fly and train which costs SFr 95 - SFr 260 and takes 6h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 5h 46m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 320.
The distance between Ireland and Lucerne is 1328 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Lucerne without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs SFr 95 - SFr 290.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Ireland to Lucerne, including transfers.
Lucerne is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 8:35 PM in Ireland and 9:35 PM in Lucerne.
There are 665+ hotels available in Lucerne.
What companies run services between Ireland and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Regensburg, Regensburg central train station, and Munich Central Bus Station in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–480
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–260
- 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 21–45
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +40-745.499.985
- Website
- bepstravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
- Schedules at
- bepstravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Brno Hlavní Nádraží to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–750
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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