There are 11 ways to get from Kleve to Lucerne by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
8h 18mCHF 106–502Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Nijmegen Centraal Station to Antwerp Rooseveltplaatsbus N81 / ...
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Luzernbus FlixBus N846
15h 20mCHF 63–109Train, night train
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the nighttrain from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
12h 7mCHF 99–232Drive 699.5 km
- Drive from Kleve to Lucernecar 699.5 km
6h 23mCHF 114–165Train
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
8h 22mCHF 106–492Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 14mCHF 114–296Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 9mCHF 145–357Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk Strain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf-Bilk to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 5mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
6h 59mCHF 173–513Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
8h 4mCHF 121–320Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
7h 54mCHF 145–348
Kleve to Lucerne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kleve to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Kleve to Lucerne is to train and fly which takes 6h 14m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct bus from Kleve to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz and arriving at Luzern via Nijmegen Centraal Station and Antwerp Rooseveltplaats. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Kleve to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Kleve Bahnhof and arriving at Luzern via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 18m.
The distance between Kleve and Lucerne is 717 km. The road distance is 699.5 km.
The best way to get from Kleve to Lucerne without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 18m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Kleve to Lucerne, including transfers.
Kleve to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nijmegen Centraal Station.
Kleve to Lucerne train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, depart from Kleve Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Kleve to Lucerne is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 18m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 15h 20m.
What companies run services between Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kleve Bahnhof to Luzern via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 8h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Luzern via Nijmegen, Centraal Station, Nijmegen Centraal Station, and Antwerp Rooseveltplaats in around 15h 20m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- 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
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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf-Bilk to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–30
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nijmegen Centraal Station to Antwerp Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Kleve to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Antwerp Rooseveltplaats station.
Kleve to Lucerne train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, arrive at Düsseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kleve to Lucerne is 699 km. It takes approximately 6h 23m to drive from Kleve to Lucerne.
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