There are 11 ways to get from Lorient to Zurich by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HBtrain Tgv
8h 35mCHF 264–780Bus via Colmar
cheapest- Take the bus from Lorient - Échange Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Colmarbus
- Take the bus from Colmar to Zürichbus
19h 35mCHF 70–133Bus
- Take the bus from Lorient to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N702 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N99 / ...
17h 55mCHF 71–123Drive 1,033.5 km
- Drive from Lorient to Zurichcar 1,033.5 km
11h 4mCHF 165–238Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RNS - ZRH
7h 59mCHF 161–375Train
- Take the train from Lorient to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
9h 49mCHF 181–474Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NTE - ZRH
7h 59mCHF 95–257Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Basel (BSL)plane NTE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7h 33mCHF 113–355Train to Brest Bretagne Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Bresttrain
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BES - ZRH
8h 38mCHF 169–371Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane NTE - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 27mCHF 114–413Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NTE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HBtrain
9h 37mCHF 147–455
Lorient to Zurich by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lorient to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Lorient to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 7h 33m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct bus from Lorient to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Lorient and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Lorient to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Lorient and arriving at Zürich HB via Montparnasse Bienvenue and Paris Gare de Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 35m.
The distance between Lorient and Zurich is 1149 km. The road distance is 1033.5 km.
The best way to get from Lorient to Zurich without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 35m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Lorient to Zurich, including transfers.
Lorient to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lorient station.
Lorient to Zurich train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lorient station.
The best way to get from Lorient to Zurich is to train via Paris which takes 8h 35m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 55m.
What companies run services between Lorient, France and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Lorient to Zürich HB via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Bercy, and Paris Gare de Lyon in around 8h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lorient to Zurich Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris in around 17h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–290
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–430
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–440
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–290
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–370
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–280
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–280
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via Figari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–500
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Zurich Airport via Figari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–340
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
- 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
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lorient to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lorient - Échange Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Colmar to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Lorient to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Lorient to Zurich train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lorient to Zurich is 1034 km. It takes approximately 11h 4m to drive from Lorient to Zurich.
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