There are 10 ways to get from Trier to Locarno by train, bus, car, 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 Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
9h 30mCHF 79–381Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Trier, Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Gasperich, Gerhard Mercatorbus 306
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Luganobus BlaBlaCar Bus
13hCHF 41–113Bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
- Take the bus from Trier central train station to Freiburgbus 011
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Luganobus FlixBus N474
12h 3mCHF 51–106Drive 571 km
- Drive from Trier to Locarnocar 571 km
6h 18mCHF 90–130Train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
6h 1mCHF 140–356Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re1
- Take the train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarnotrain
11h 33mCHF 125–244Train to Luxembourg, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LUX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 16mCHF 59–242Train to Luxembourg, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LUX - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
7h 46mCHF 43–159Train to Luxembourg, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane LUX - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 8mCHF 57–212Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
9h 16mCHF 92–365
Trier to Locarno by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trier to Locarno is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 120 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Trier to Locarno is to train and fly which takes 6h 1m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct train from Trier to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Trier, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Locarno via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB and Bellinzona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 30m.
The distance between Trier and Locarno is 720 km. The road distance is 571 km.
The best way to get from Trier to Locarno without a car is to train which takes 9h 30m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 390.
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Trier to Locarno, including transfers.
Trier to Locarno train services, operated by Süwex, depart from Trier, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Trier to Locarno is to train which takes 9h 30m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 390. Alternatively, you can bus via Freiburg im Breisgau, which costs SFr 50 - SFr 110 and takes 12h 3m.
Trier to Locarno train services, operated by Süwex, arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trier to Locarno is 571 km. It takes approximately 6h 18m to drive from Trier to Locarno.
What companies run services between Trier, Germany and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Locarno via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Basel SBB, and Bellinzona in around 9h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Trier central train station to Locarno, Debarcadero via Freiburg, Lugano, Via Ciani/Cornaredo, Lugano, Stazione, Lugano, Riazzino, and Riazzino, Stazione in around 12h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Luxembourg to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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 80–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trier central train station to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Trier, Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Gasperich, Gerhard Mercator
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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