There are 11 ways to get from Piran to Lucerne by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, train, car, ferry, car ferry, shuttle, 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 Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Grtrain Re
- Take the train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
9h 40mCHF 102–229Bus
- Take the bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Verona Porta Nuovabus
- Take the bus from Verona to Luzernbus
13h 22mCHF 530–1,367Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Piran to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the nighttrain from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
17h 28mCHF 158–256Drive 656.6 km
- Drive from Piran to Lucernecar 656.6 km
7h 9mCHF 107–154Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Piran to Trieste Portferry
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Vicenzatrain Fr
- Take the train from Vicenza to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
10h 23mCHF 116–240Car ferry, line 2 ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Piran to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
11h 1mCHF 177–255Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 25mCHF 121–818Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož 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 4mCHF 206–428Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9hCHF 147–414Bus, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Piran to Ljubljana APbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
8h 31mCHF 137–727Shuttle to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Bologna Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9h 34mCHF 491–1,278
Piran to Lucerne by bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Piran to Lucerne is to drive which costs SFr 100 - SFr 160 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Piran to Lucerne is to shuttle and fly and train which takes 7h 4m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 430.
No, there is no direct bus from Piran to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Piran and arriving at Luzern via Portorož, Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor and Verona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Piran to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Luzern via Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr, Venezia Mestre, Milano Centrale and Arth-Goldau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 40m.
The distance between Piran and Lucerne is 669 km. The road distance is 656.6 km.
The best way to get from Piran to Lucerne without a car is to bus which takes 13h 22m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1400.
It takes approximately 9h 40m to get from Piran to Lucerne, including transfers.
Piran to Lucerne bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Portorož station.
Piran to Lucerne train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Piran to Lucerne is to train which takes 9h 40m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 500 - SFr 1400 and takes 13h 22m.
What companies run services between Piran, Slovenia and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Piran to Luzern via Trieste Centrale, Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr, Venezia Mestre, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 9h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piran to Luzern via Portorož, Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor, Verona Porta Nuova, and Verona in around 13h 22m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–500
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–500
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–28
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Vicenza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–55
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Vicenza to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–9
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Trieste Centrale to Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Vicenza to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 29–40
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–130
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Ljubljana to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Portorož to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,100
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26
- Private
- CHF 146
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–440
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- CHF 26–70
- Private
- CHF 130–170
Shuttle from Portorož to Bologna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,000
- Website
- GoOpti
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Verona to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Piran to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–12
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Piran to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–12
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Portorož to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–120
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- CHF 95–120
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 160
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 206
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- callcenter@libertylines.it
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Piran to Trieste Port
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Piran to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 71
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
- Adullt
- CHF 71
Ferry from Tronchetto "B" to Ferrovia "B"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Website
- ACTV — Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
- 75 min. Ticket
- CHF 9
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More Questions & Answers
Piran to Lucerne bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Piran to Lucerne train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Cervignano-Aquil.-Gr station.
Yes, the driving distance between Piran to Lucerne is 657 km. It takes approximately 7h 9m to drive from Piran to Lucerne.
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