There are 7 ways to get from Thun to Ulm by train, ferry, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia, TGV)
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Train, ferry
best- Take the train from Thun to Romanshorntrain Ic8
- Take the ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehreferry 234 / ...
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain Re5 / ...
5h 43m€111–342Drive 317.3 km
cheapest- Drive from Thun to Ulmcar 317.3 km
4h 7m€56–81Bus
- Take the bus from Interlaken Bahnhof West to Zürich HB Schweizerhofbus Shuttler L1 online shuttle
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Ulmbus FlixBus 283A
9h 28m€59–84Train, fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Take the train from Thun to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ZRH - STR
- Take the train from Wendlingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 24m€170–462Train via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Thun to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
6h 2m€77–404Train
- Take the train from Thun to Zürich HBtrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Singen to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain Re3
6h 48m€101–265Train, fly to Munich International Airport
- Take the train from Thun to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 43m€177–535
Thun to Ulm by train, ferry, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Thun to Ulm is to bus which costs €55 - €85 and takes 9h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Thun to Ulm is to drive which takes 4h 7m and costs €55 - €85.
No, there is no direct bus from Thun to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Thun, Bahnhof and arriving at Ulm via Interlaken Bahnhof West and Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Thun to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Thun and arriving at Ulm Hauptbahnhof via Basel SBB and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 2m.
The distance between Thun and Ulm is 348 km. The road distance is 317.3 km.
The best way to get from Thun to Ulm without a car is to train and ferry which takes 5h 43m and costs €110 - €350.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Thun to Ulm, including transfers.
Thun to Ulm bus services, operated by Shuttler, depart from Interlaken Bahnhof West station.
Thun to Ulm train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Thun station.
The best way to get from Thun to Ulm is to bus which takes 9h 28m and costs €55 - €85. Alternatively, you can train via Karlsruhe, which costs €75 - €410 and takes 6h 2m.
What companies run services between Thun, Switzerland and Ulm, Germany?
You can take a bus from Thun, Bahnhof to Ulm via Interlaken West, Bahnhof, Interlaken Bahnhof West, Zürich HB Schweizerhof, and Zurich Bus Station in around 9h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Thun to Ulm Hauptbahnhof via Basel SBB and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 2m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Thun to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Thun to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Thun to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Thun to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Thun to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wendlingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–27
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Thun to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Thun to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–80
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Interlaken Bahnhof West to Zürich HB Schweizerhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- info@bsb.de
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehre
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- bsb.de
- Phone
- +41 71 466 78 88
- info@sbsag.ch
- Website
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
Ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehre
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Thun to Ulm bus services, operated by Shuttler, arrive at Zürich HB Schweizerhof station.
Thun to Ulm train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Thun to Ulm is 317 km. It takes approximately 4h 7m to drive from Thun to Ulm.
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