There are 9 ways to get from Stuttgart to Lugano by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus via Zurich
best- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Zürich to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
5h 58mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Böblingen central bus station to Luganobus FlixBus 024
7h 12mCHF 28–50Train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Singentrain 87
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain Ic
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
5h 58mCHF 95–295Drive 405.5 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Luganocar 405.5 km
4h 41mCHF 65–94Fly Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane STR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
4h 50mCHF 157–405Fly Stuttgart Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane STR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
5h 42mCHF 104–192Fly Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane STR - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
5h 55mCHF 95–235Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZRH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 44mCHF 116–304Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
6h 37mCHF 77–242
Stuttgart to Lugano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 27 - SFr 55 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Lugano is to drive which takes 4h 41m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 95.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart and arriving at Lugano via Zürich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Lugano via Singen and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 58m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Lugano is 408 km. The road distance is 405.5 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Lugano without a car is to bus via Zurich which takes 5h 58m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Stuttgart to Lugano, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Lugano bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Stuttgart station.
Stuttgart to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Lugano is to bus via Zurich which takes 5h 58m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 300 and takes 5h 58m.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Stuttgart to Lugano via Zürich in around 5h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Lugano via Singen and Zürich HB in around 5h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Zürich to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Böblingen central bus station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Stuttgart to Lugano bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Stuttgart to Lugano train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Singen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stuttgart to Lugano is 406 km. It takes approximately 4h 41m to drive from Stuttgart to Lugano.
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