There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Zug by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
8h 56mCHF 155–556Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
10h 19mCHF 53–297Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus N13 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
11h 3mDrive 651 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Zugcar 651 km
7h 30mCHF 102–148Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
10h 19mCHF 172–301Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LEJ - ZRH
6h 39mCHF 135–347Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
5h 54mCHF 144–449Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
6h 24mCHF 149–390Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
6h 9mCHF 83–285Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)plane LEJ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 31mCHF 171–488Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
7h 49mCHF 158–457
Leipzig to Zug by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Zug is to night train which costs SFr 50 - SFr 300 and takes 10h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Zug is to train and fly which takes 5h 54m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 450.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Zug. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Zug via Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 56m.
The distance between Leipzig and Zug is 819 km. The road distance is 651 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zug without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Leipzig to Zug, including transfers.
Leipzig to Zug train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zug is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 3m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 350 and takes 6h 39m.
Leipzig to Zug train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Zug is 651 km. It takes approximately 7h 30m to drive from Leipzig to Zug.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Zug, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Zug via Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Zürich HB in around 8h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Zug via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB, Zürich Bus Station, and Zürich HB in around 11h 3m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–750
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–380
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 95–120
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 65–80
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–50
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–270
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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