There are 11 ways to get from Utrecht to Zurich by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
4h 25mCHF 102–252Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus 068 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Zürichbus BlaBlaCar Bus
13h 55mCHF 47–94Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
8h 15mCHF 96–331Train, bus
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Maastrichttrain
- Take the bus from Maastricht to Basel SBBbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
13h 13mCHF 75–186Night train
- Take the night train from Utrecht Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
11h 4mCHF 75–190Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
5h 29mCHF 100–330Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
5h 45mCHF 81–236Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
6h 47mCHF 86–247Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
- Take the train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
7h 2mCHF 91–235Train
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
11h 18mCHF 80–200Drive 744.4 km
- Drive from Utrecht to Zurichcar 744.4 km
7h 23mCHF 122–176
Utrecht to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Utrecht to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 95 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Utrecht to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 4h 25m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Utrecht to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum and arriving at Zürich via Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Utrecht Centraal and arriving at Zuerich Hb. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 4m.
The distance between Utrecht and Zurich is 661 km. The road distance is 744.4 km.
The best way to get from Utrecht to Zurich without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 15m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 340.
It takes approximately 4h 25m to get from Utrecht to Zurich, including transfers.
Utrecht to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum station.
Utrecht to Zurich train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Utrecht Centraal station.
The best way to get from Utrecht to Zurich is to train via Mannheim which takes 8h 15m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 95 and takes 13h 55m.
What companies run services between Utrecht, Netherlands and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Utrecht Centraal to Zürich HB via Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 8h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum to Zürich via Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Utrecht Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–10
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–11
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 34–38
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 34–38
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–12
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- 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 Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Maastricht to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Utrecht Leidsche Rijn Centrum to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Utrecht to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
Utrecht to Zurich train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Duesseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Utrecht to Zurich is 744 km. It takes approximately 7h 23m to drive from Utrecht to Zurich.
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