There are 10 ways to get from Lugano to Kranj by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, train, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Kranjtrain 19 / ...
10h 17m€95–236Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lugano to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 419 / ...
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Ljubljana bus stationbus 402 / ...
12h 6m€28–116Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the night train from Sargans to Kranjnighttrain En
14h 40m€197–402Drive 540.3 km
- Drive from Lugano to Kranjcar 540.3 km
6h 7m€93–134Train, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus 402 / ...
10h 42m€68–224Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LIN - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj
6h 27m€119–412Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane MXP - LJU
7h 17m€101–286Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
5h 58m€152–356Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Kranj
8h 48m€147–647Train, shuttle
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Re 80
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Centrale Station to Ljubljana
9h 28m€58–715
Lugano to Kranj by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Kranj is to bus which costs €28 - €120 and takes 12h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Kranj is to train and fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €150 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to Kranj. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Globus via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) and Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Kranj. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Kranj via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre and Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 17m.
The distance between Lugano and Kranj is 647 km. The road distance is 540.3 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Kranj without a car is to train which takes 10h 17m and costs €95 - €240.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Lugano to Kranj, including transfers.
Lugano to Kranj bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Kranj train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Kranj is to train which takes 10h 17m and costs €95 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €28 - €120 and takes 12h 6m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Kranj, Slovenia?
You can take a train from Lugano to Kranj via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, and Villach Hbf in around 10h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lugano to Globus via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO), Ljubljana bus station, and Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana in around 12h 6m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Sargans to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- 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
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- 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
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- 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 Lugano to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–55
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +38670511611
- info@tripstair.com
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–220
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30–40
- Private
- €120–220
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–340
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30–45
- Private
- €180–340
Shuttle from Milano Centrale Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €52–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €52–56
- Private
- €370–700
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Lugano to Kranj bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Lugano to Kranj train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Milano Centrale station.
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