There are 10 ways to get from Lienz to Lucerne by bus, train, car, shuttle, plane, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to St. Gallen train stationbus
- Take the bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Lucerne Landenbergstrassebus
9h 46mDrive 472.9 km
cheapest- Drive from Lienz to Lucernecar 472.9 km
5h 41mCHF 77–111Bus, train via Kitzbühel
- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Kitzbühel Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Kitzbuehel to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain 510 / ...
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
9h 46mCHF 94–236Train, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the train from Lienz In Osttirol to Klagenfurt Hbftrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 48mCHF 209–555Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to St. Gallen(Ch)train Rjx / ...
- Take the train from St. Gallen to Luzerntrain Vae
10h 8mTrain
- Take the train from Lienz to Fortezzatrain 400
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
10h 38mCHF 106–273Train, night train
- Take the train from Lienz to Fortezzatrain 400
- Take the nighttrain from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
10h 49mCHF 78–168Train, train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lienz In Osttirol to Villach Hbftrain
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
8h 2mCHF 180–450Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MUC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9h 36mCHF 177–554Train, bus to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lienz to San Candidotrain
- Take the bus from San Candido to Venicebus
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9h 28mCHF 126–310
Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lienz to Lucerne is to drive which costs SFr 75 - SFr 110 and takes 5h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Lienz to Lucerne is to drive which takes 5h 41m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 110.
No, there is no direct bus from Lienz to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Lienz Bahnhof and arriving at Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Innsbruck Südbahnstraße and St. Gallen Lagerstrasse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Lienz to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Lienz and arriving at Luzern via Fortezza/Franzensfes, Brennero - Brenner, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 38m.
The distance between Lienz and Lucerne is 512 km. The road distance is 472.9 km.
The best way to get from Lienz to Lucerne without a car is to bus which takes 9h 46m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 46m to get from Lienz to Lucerne, including transfers.
Lienz to Lucerne bus services, operated by Ötztaler Verkehrsgesellschaft, depart from Lienz Bahnhof station.
Lienz to Lucerne train services, operated by Sudtirol Alto Adige, depart from Lienz station.
The best way to get from Lienz to Lucerne is to bus which takes 9h 46m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 280 and takes 10h 38m.
What companies run services between Lienz, Tyrol, Austria and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Innsbruck Kaiserschützenplatz, Innsbruck Südbahnstraße, and St. Gallen Lagerstrasse in around 9h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lienz to Luzern via Fortezza, Fortezza/Franzensfes, Brennero - Brenner, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 10h 38m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kitzbuehel to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Kitzbuehel to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to St. Gallen(Ch)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 40–65
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Klagenfurt Hbf
- *
- CHF 23–35
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to St. Gallen(Ch)
- *
- CHF 30–50
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 40–65
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Villach Hbf
- *
- CHF 19–28
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- *
- CHF 27–40
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- *
- CHF 14–22
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- CHF 40–60
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 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 Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from St. Gallen to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 0471 220 880
- contact@suedtirolmobil.info
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
Train from Lienz to Fortezza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 35–55
Train from Lienz to Fortezza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 35–55
Train from Lienz to San Candido
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 15–21
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–87
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 82–87
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 50–60
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 22–27
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–15
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5254 3550
- info@oetztaler.at
- Website
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to St. Gallen train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Candido to Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–24
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from St. Gallen Lagerstrasse to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 512 56 16 16
- info@vvt.at
- Website
- vvt.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Kitzbühel Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Schedules at
- vvt.at
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–200
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- CHF 142
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More Questions & Answers
Lienz to Lucerne bus services, operated by Ötztaler Verkehrsgesellschaft, arrive at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof station.
Lienz to Lucerne train services, operated by Sudtirol Alto Adige, arrive at Fortezza station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lienz to Lucerne is 473 km. It takes approximately 5h 41m to drive from Lienz to Lucerne.
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