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 53mFt 48,143–118,007Train, train to Basel, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt 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 41mFt 26,543–101,907Train
- 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
17h 7mFt 65,043–136,707Train, bus
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Churtrain 900 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to Heerbruggtrain
- Take the bus from Dornbirn to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
22h 45mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Churtrain 900 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to Buchs SGtrain
- Take the night train from Buchs Sg to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
19h 47mTrain, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt 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 27mFt 70,143–139,007Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MXP - BUD
9hFt 30,249–78,778Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt 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 26mFt 34,249–98,178
Zermatt to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 30 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft and takes 9h.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs 70 000 Ft - 140 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Zermatt and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Visp, Olten, Sargans and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 7m.
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 17h 7m and costs 65 000 Ft - 140 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 8h 53m 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.
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You can take a train from Zermatt to Budapest-Kelenföld via Visp, Olten, Sargans, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 17h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–120,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
- 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 25,000–100,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–75,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–85,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–30,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–47,000
- 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 25,000–100,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to 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 21,000–85,000
- 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 19,000–65,000
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–46,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–37,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–32,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–32,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- 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 14,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–25,000
- 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 22,000–32,000
- 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 17,000–35,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Ft 25,000–35,000
- 2nd Class
- Ft 17,000–24,000
- 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
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to Heerbrugg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to Buchs SG
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Sargans to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–55,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 35,000–55,000
- 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
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Chur to Heerbrugg
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–8,000
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 3,700–5,000
- 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 6,000–8,000
Train from Chur to Buchs SG
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,500–5,500
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 2,500–3,400
- 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 4,500–5,500
Night train from Buchs Sg to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- 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 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 8,500–11,000
- 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 15,000–18,000
Train from Zermatt 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 Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–3,000
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,300–4,100
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,170–3,200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Dornbirn to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,401
- 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 3,000–3,800
- 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 4,900–6,500
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