There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Zurich by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
9h 16mCHF 150–270Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
9h 41mCHF 40–270Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus 141 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus X06 / ...
10h 54mCHF 46–86Drive 624.7 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Zurichcar 624.7 km
6h 58mCHF 100–144Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Rb
- Take the bus from HOF, Hauptbahnhof,st 6 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrassebus
- Take the train from St. Gallen to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
13h 45mCHF 488–1,207Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LEJ - ZRH
6h 19mCHF 124–303Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden-Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
5h 9mCHF 148–417Fly 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
7h 37mCHF 132–447Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
5h 51mCHF 68–199Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
8h 6mCHF 131–290
Leipzig to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 5h 9m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 420.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 54m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Zuerich Hb. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 9h 16m.
The distance between Leipzig and Zurich is 786 km. The road distance is 624.7 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zurich without a car is to train which takes 9h 16m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 270.
The train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb takes 9h 16m including transfers and departs five times a week.
Leipzig to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Zurich train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Zurich is to train which takes 9h 16m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 90 and takes 10h 54m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 310 and takes 6h 19m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
ÖBB EuroCity operates a train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb 5 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 150–270 and the journey takes 9h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Zurich Bus Station via Munich central bus station in around 10h 54m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- 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 35–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- 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 100–420
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–270
- 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-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
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 150–270
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,100
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from St. Gallen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from St. Gallen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 16–25
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from St. Gallen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–21
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from HOF, Hauptbahnhof,st 6 to ST. GALLEN, Lagerstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Leipzig to Zurich train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Zurich is 625 km. It takes approximately 6h 58m to drive from Leipzig to Zurich.
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