There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Lucerne by plane, train, or car
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PVG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
16hCHF 268–512Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SHA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
19h 23mCHF 242–766Drive 10,752 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Lucernecar 10,752 km
5d 1hCHF 1,757–2,537Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Basel (BSL)plane PVG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
19h 30mCHF 258–753Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PVG - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzerntrain
19h 21mCHF 427–877Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PVG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Luzerntrain
19h 57mCHF 342–634Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SHA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Luzerntrain
21h 40mCHF 256–718Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
19h 51mCHF 347–742
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Lucerne is to fly and train which costs SFr 260 - SFr 550 and takes 16h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 16h and costs SFr 260 - SFr 550.
The distance between Shanghai and Lucerne is 9133 km. The road distance is 10752 km.
It takes approximately 16h to get from Shanghai to Lucerne, including transfers.
Lucerne is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:26 PM in Shanghai and 9:26 AM in Lucerne.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Lucerne is 10752 km. It takes approximately 5 days 1h to drive from Shanghai to Lucerne.
There are 678+ hotels available in Lucerne.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Lucerne, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Lucerne. However, you can take the line 2 subway to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, take the train to Pudong International Airport, walk to Shanghai-Pudong-Airport-PVG airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Luzern. Alternatively, you can drive from Shanghai Station to Lucerne in around 5d 1h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–470
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
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 Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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