There are 12 ways to get from Lugano to Trier by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or plane
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 Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
9h 12m€139–211Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Luxembourg
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane LIN - LUX
6h 57m€34–141Bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
- Take the bus from Lugano to Freiburgbus N474
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Trier central train stationbus 011
10h 40m€47–103Drive 579.2 km
- Drive from Lugano to Triercar 579.2 km
6h 17m€101–145Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane MXP - LUX
6h 36m€46–207Train via Basel
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
9h 19m€77–267Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Luxembourg P&R Gasperich/Howaldbus MarinoBus 251* / ...
- Take the bus from Gasperich, Gerhard Mercator to Trier, Christophstr.bus 306
11h 15mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane ZRH - LUX
7h 51m€130–347Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MXP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 14m€102–259Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 34m€151–369Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane BGY - LUX
7h 14m€76–253Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LIN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 40m€78–233
Lugano to Trier by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to Trier is to bus via Freiburg im Breisgau which costs €45 - €110 and takes 10h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to Trier is to drive which takes 6h 17m and costs €100 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to Trier station. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Trier central train station via Freiburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to Trier. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Trier, Hauptbahnhof via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 12m.
The distance between Lugano and Trier is 735 km. The road distance is 579.2 km.
The best way to get from Lugano to Trier without a car is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €130 - €220.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Lugano to Trier, including transfers.
Lugano to Trier bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to Trier train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to Trier is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €130 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus via Freiburg im Breisgau, which costs €45 - €110 and takes 10h 40m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and Trier, Germany?
You can take a train from Lugano to Trier, Hauptbahnhof via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 9h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lugano to Trier central train station via Freiburg in around 10h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–350
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €25–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–110
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- 2nd Class
- €100–150
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
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 Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–29
- 1st Class
- €35–65
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- 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 Lugano to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Trier central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Luxembourg P&R Gasperich/Howald
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Gasperich, Gerhard Mercator to Trier, Christophstr.
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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More Questions & Answers
Lugano to Trier bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Freiburg station.
Lugano to Trier train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Mannheim Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lugano to Trier is 579 km. It takes approximately 6h 17m to drive from Lugano to Trier.
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