There are 8 ways to get from Zermatt to Budapest by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, or night train
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane GVA - BUD
8h 45mFt 49,099–122,915Train, train to Basel, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BSL - BUD
8h 40mFt 27,499–113,815Train
- Take the train from Visp to Oltentrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Olten to Sarganstrain
- Take the train from Sargans to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
16h 52mFt 73,999–150,615Train, bus
- Take the train from Visp to Romanshorntrain Ic8
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
21h 54mFt 56,962–101,178Train, night train
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Churtrain 900 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
19h 44mTrain, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ZRH - BUD
8h 33mFt 70,099–145,915Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Busto Arsiziotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MXP - BUD
9h 18mFt 28,342–79,461Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BGY - BUD
10h 29mFt 34,192–98,161
Zermatt to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 28 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft and takes 9h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 8h 33m and costs 70 000 Ft - 150 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Zermatt, Bahnhof and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Visp, Olten, Sargans and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
The distance between Zermatt and Budapest is 1262 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 16h 52m and costs 70 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 8h 45m to get from Zermatt to Budapest, including transfers.
Zermatt to Budapest train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Visp station.
Zermatt to Budapest train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Olten station.
There are 6675+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Budapest-Kelenföld via Visp, Olten, Sargans, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 16h 52m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–90,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–90,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–100,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–90,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–27,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–48,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–100,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–65,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–75,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–46,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–39,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–34,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–38,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–36,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 38,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–37,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Ft 23,000–32,000
- 2nd Class
- Ft 15,000–20,000
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–36,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Ft 25,000–36,000
- 2nd Class
- Ft 18,000–24,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–6,500
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Sargans to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 36,000–55,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
Night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–95,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–18,000
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 8,500–10,000
- 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 14,000–18,000
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 10,000–13,000
- 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 18,000–23,000
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,600–3,200
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,300–4,200
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,600–3,800
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bregenz to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,613
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–3,900
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,600–6,500
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- Ft 5,000–6,500
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