There are 12 ways to get from Venlo to Zurich by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBIce / ...
7h 36mCHF 87–327Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Venlo Station to Duisburg central train station023
- Take the bus from Duisburg central train station to Zurich Bus StationN11
13h 20mCHF 51–92Train, night train
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf HbfSneltrein RE13 / ...
- Take the night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich HbNj
10h 49mCHF 62–267Drive 610.9 km
- Drive from Venlo to Zurich610.9 km
6h 8mCHF 100–144Train
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf HbfSneltrein RE13 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zürich HBNightjet
10h 49mCHF 107–347Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DUS - ZRH
5h 8mCHF 82–214Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)FRA - ZRH
4h 56mCHF 114–305Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Blerick to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)AMS - ZRH
5h 59mCHF 127–322Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CGN - ZRH
5h 32mCHF 87–217Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
6h 15mCHF 170–412Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)LUX - ZRH
7h 41mCHF 117–323Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Blerick to Eindhoven
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BRU - ZRH
7h 4mCHF 113–275
Venlo to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venlo to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 50 - SFr 95 and takes 13h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Venlo to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 4h 56m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct bus from Venlo station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Venlo Station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Duisburg central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Venlo to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Venlo and arriving at Zürich HB via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 36m.
The distance between Venlo and Zurich is 680 km. The road distance is 610.9 km.
The best way to get from Venlo to Zurich without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 7h 36m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Venlo to Zurich, including transfers.
Venlo to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Venlo Station.
Venlo to Zurich train services, operated by Eurobahn, depart from Venlo station.
The best way to get from Venlo to Zurich is to train via Mannheim which takes 7h 36m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 50 - SFr 95 and takes 13h 20m.
What companies run services between Venlo, Netherlands and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Venlo to Zürich HB via Düsseldorf Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 7h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Venlo Station to Zurich Bus Station via Duisburg central train station in around 13h 20m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–60
- 1st Class
- CHF 80–140
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 95–140
- 1st Class
- CHF 200–330
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–100
Train from Blerick to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–85
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 8–13
- 1st Class
- CHF 13–23
Train from Blerick to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–14
- 1st Class
- CHF 14–25
Train from Eindhoven to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 15–22
- 1st Class
- CHF 27–50
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 240–250
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–160
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 50–65
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Roermond to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–11
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 13–20
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–30
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Venlo Station to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Duisburg central train station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Venlo to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Duisburg central train station.
Venlo to Zurich train services, operated by Eurobahn, arrive at Düsseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venlo to Zurich is 611 km. It takes approximately 6h 8m to drive from Venlo to Zurich.
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