There are 8 ways to get from Locarno to Trieste by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train
best- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
7h 58m€96–283Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bresciatrain R4
- Take the bus from Brescia to Triestebus 419
9h 30m€35–56Drive 481.6 km
- Drive from Locarno to Triestecar 481.6 km
5h 14m€84–120Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LIN - TRS
7h 48m€99–314Train via Locarno
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
8h 4m€91–243Bus
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Milanbus FlixBus 076
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Triestebus N419 / ...
11h 13m€46–87Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane MXP - TRS
7h 45m€68–331Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
7h 57m€171–647
Locarno to Trieste by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Trieste is to train and bus which costs €35 - €60 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Trieste is to drive which takes 5h 14m and costs €80 - €120.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Milano Centrale and Venezia Mestre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 58m.
The distance between Locarno and Trieste is 576 km. The road distance is 481.6 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Trieste without a car is to train which takes 7h 58m and costs €95 - €290.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Locarno to Trieste, including transfers.
Locarno to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Locarno station.
The best way to get from Locarno to Trieste is to train which takes 7h 58m and costs €95 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €90 and takes 11h 13m.
Locarno to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Trieste is 482 km. It takes approximately 5h 14m to drive from Locarno to Trieste.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a train from Locarno to Trieste Centrale via Milano Centrale and Venezia Mestre in around 7h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Locarno, Debarcadero to Trieste via Bellinzona, Stazione, Bellinzona, Castione-Arbedo, Bellinzona, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 11h 13m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brescia to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bellinzona to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
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