There are 10 ways to get from Zurich to Dax by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or night train
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Train
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Freiburg HauptbahnhofIc
- Take the train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris EstTgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to DaxTgv
10h 17m€164–322Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bern106
- Take the bus from Bern to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Dax
18h 5m€67–121Drive 1,048.6 km
- Drive from Zurich to Dax1,048.6 km
11h 11m€182–263Fly Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)ZRH - BIQ
- Take the train from Biarritz to Dax
6h 14m€136–414Night train, train
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to OffenburgNj
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St JeanTgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to DaxTer
12h 27m€175–578Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to San Sebastian / DonostiaFlixBus N1156
- Take the train from Hendaye to DaxTer / ...
23h 26m€114–173Fly Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)ZRH - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
6h 47m€109–285Train to Basel, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)BSL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
7h 41m€79–274Fly Zurich Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF)ZRH - PUF
- Take the train from Pau to Dax
9h 11m€250–498Train, train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)SXB - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
8h 33m€116–316
Zurich to Dax by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Dax is to bus which costs €65 - €130 and takes 18h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Dax is to fly and train which takes 6h 14m and costs €130 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Dax. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Dax via Bern and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Dax. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Dax via Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 17m.
The distance between Zurich and Dax is 1363 km. The road distance is 1048.6 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Dax without a car is to train which takes 10h 17m and costs €160 - €330.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Zurich to Dax, including transfers.
Zurich to Dax bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Dax train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Dax is to train which takes 10h 17m and costs €160 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €130 and takes 18h 5m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Dax, France?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Dax via Freiburg Hauptbahnhof, Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 10h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dax via Bern and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop in around 18h 5m.
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- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Biarritz to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Biarritz to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €24–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €35–55
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Offenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €256–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bern to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Dax bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Zurich to Dax train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Freiburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Dax is 1049 km. It takes approximately 11h 11m to drive from Zurich to Dax.
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