There are 11 ways to get from Zug to Jena by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Karlsruhe
best- Take the train from Zug(Ch) to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
8h 53m€103–237Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Jena bus stationbus 220 / ...
10h 57m€71–99Drive 590.9 km
- Drive from Zug to Jenacar 590.9 km
6h 9m€101–145Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
6h 38m€135–302Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
9h 8m€116–232Train #2
- Take the train from Zug to Schaffhausentrain S24
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhoftrain 87
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradiestrain 61
10h 43m€128–183Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane ZRH - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
8h 2m€184–360Fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ZRH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
7h 49m€162–444Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
7h 46m€103–250Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ZRH - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
8h 35m€178–361Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Jena Westtrain
8h 52m€154–414
Zug to Jena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zug to Jena is to bus which costs €70 - €100 and takes 10h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Zug to Jena is to drive which takes 6h 9m and costs €100 - €150.
No, there is no direct train from Zug to Jena. However, there are services departing from Zug(Ch) and arriving at Jena West via Karlsruhe Central Station and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 53m.
The distance between Zug and Jena is 744 km. The road distance is 590.9 km.
The best way to get from Zug to Jena without a car is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 8h 53m and costs €100 - €240.
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Zug to Jena, including transfers.
Zug to Jena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zug station.
The best way to get from Zug to Jena is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 8h 53m and costs €100 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €100 and takes 10h 57m.
Zug to Jena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Schaffhausen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zug to Jena is 591 km. It takes approximately 6h 9m to drive from Zug to Jena.
What companies run services between Zug, Switzerland and Jena, Germany?
You can take a train from Zug(Ch) to Jena West via Karlsruhe Hbf, Karlsruhe Central Station, and Erfurt Hbf in around 8h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zug to Jena bus station via Zürich HB, Zürich Bus Station, and Frankfurt central train station in around 10h 57m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Zug(Ch) to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €80–120
- 2nd Class
- €65–90
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zug to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–23
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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