There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Semmering by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or shuttle
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Train via Vienna
best- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Semmeringtrain Rj
9h 36m€108–193Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Vienna Erdbergbus FlixBus 882 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Gloggnitztrain Cjx / ...
13h 46m€55–113Bus, train via Salzburg
- Take the bus from Zürich Hbf to Salzburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Semmeringtrain Rj
12h 52mDrive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Semmeringcar
7h 7m€183–252Fly Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ZRH - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Semmeringtrain
6h 13m€111–227Train
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bruck/Murtrain Ec
- Take the train from Bruck/Mur to Semmeringtrain Rj
11h 1m€235–671Drive 662.8 km
- Drive from Zurich to Semmeringcar 662.8 km
8h 21m€116–168Fly Zurich Airport to Graz Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Semmeringtrain
6h 20m€137–441Train to Basel, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BSL - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Semmeringtrain
7h 16m€99–296Train to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Rorschachtrain
- Fly from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ACH - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Semmeringtrain
7h 27m€298–586Fly Zurich Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Semmeringtrain
8h 21m€182–487Fly Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb Airport to Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Semmeringtrain
9h 5m€271–737
Zurich to Semmering by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Semmering is to bus and train which costs €55 - €120 and takes 13h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Semmering is to fly and train which takes 6h 13m and costs €110 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Semmering. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Semmering via Wien Meidling. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 36m.
The distance between Zurich and Semmering is 873 km. The road distance is 662.8 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Semmering without a car is to train via Vienna which takes 9h 36m and costs €100 - €200.
It takes approximately 9h 36m to get from Zurich to Semmering, including transfers.
Zurich to Semmering train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Zuerich Hb station.
Zurich to Semmering train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Meidling station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Semmering is 663 km. It takes approximately 8h 21m to drive from Zurich to Semmering.
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What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Semmering, Lower Austria?
You can take a train from Zuerich Hb to Semmering via Wien Meidling in around 9h 36m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–450
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €100–160
Train from Wien Meidling to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €19–29
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €65–95
Train from Flughafen Wien to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
Train from Bruck/Mur to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €14–21
Train from Graz Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–30
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Bruck/Mur to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Graz Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Gloggnitz
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Bruck/Mur to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Graz Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Wien Meidling to Semmering
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Gloggnitz
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bruck/Mur
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Rorschach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Bus from Zürich Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086702768199
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 Vienna Erdberg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €134
Shuttle from Zagreb Airport to Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €170–450
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €278
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