There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Emden by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain 43
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain 35
10h 26m€119–216Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Hanover central bus stationbus N24 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Emden central bus stationbus 144
16h 15m€53–100Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Rheinetrain Re
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain 35
12h 50mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Bremen Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain 56 / ...
11h 55m€87–300Drive 825.7 km
- Drive from Zurich to Emdencar 825.7 km
8h 9m€141–203Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Emdencar
8h 16m€183–243Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane ZRH - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
6h 28m€120–327Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
7h 34m€95–266Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
7h 51m€132–308Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
7h 50m€124–261Fly 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 Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbftrain
8h 33m€86–280
Zurich to Emden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Emden is to bus which costs €50 - €100 and takes 16h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Emden is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs €120 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Emden station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Emden central bus station via Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Emden. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf via Basel SBB and Münster Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 26m.
The distance between Zurich and Emden is 911 km. The road distance is 825.7 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Emden without a car is to train which takes 10h 26m and costs €110 - €220.
It takes approximately 10h 26m to get from Zurich to Emden, including transfers.
Zurich to Emden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Emden train services, operated by SBB GmbH, depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Emden is to train which takes 10h 26m and costs €110 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €100 and takes 16h 15m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Emden, Germany?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf via Basel SBB and Münster Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Emden central bus station via Hanover central bus station in around 16h 15m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- 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
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–85
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Emden(Ostfriesl) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- 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 Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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 Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Emden central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Zurich to Emden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Zurich to Emden train services, operated by SBB GmbH, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Emden is 826 km. It takes approximately 8h 9m to drive from Zurich to Emden.
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