There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Elst by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
8h 20m€105–342Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dortmund central bus stationbus FlixBus N07
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Arnhem Centraal Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
13h 4m€57–96Drive 684.1 km
- Drive from Zurich to Elstcar 684.1 km
7h 2m€121–174Fly Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
5h 34m€116–292Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraaltrain 43N
11h 34m€162–397Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Bredatrain Ec
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
14h 27mFly Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
5h 42m€85–290Fly Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 18m€89–288Fly Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
7h 8m€111–276Fly Zurich Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 51m€115–316Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane STR - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
8h 27m€168–436
Zurich to Elst by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Elst is to bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Elst is to fly and train which takes 5h 34m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Elst. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Elst, Dorpsstraat via Dortmund central bus station and Arnhem, Centraal Station [ J ]. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Elst. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Elst via Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Arnhem Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 20m.
The distance between Zurich and Elst is 754 km. The road distance is 684.1 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Elst without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 8h 20m and costs €100 - €350.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Zurich to Elst, including transfers.
Zurich to Elst bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Elst train services, operated by SBB GmbH, depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Elst is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 8h 20m and costs €100 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 4m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Elst via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, and Arnhem Centraal in around 8h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Elst, Dorpsstraat via Dortmund central bus station, Arnhem Centraal Station, and Arnhem, Centraal Station [ J ] in around 13h 4m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Elst
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–70
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Arnhem Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Arnhem Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
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Zurich to Elst bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dortmund central bus station.
Zurich to Elst train services, operated by SBB GmbH, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Elst is 684 km. It takes approximately 7h 2m to drive from Zurich to Elst.
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