There are 10 ways to get from Zurich to Weimar by train, bus, car, plane, or night train
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Train
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBIce / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf50 / ...
7h 32m€73–215Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Frankfurt central train stationN474 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Weimar central train stationN3205
11h 40m€56–98Drive 544.4 km
- Drive from Zurich to Weimar544.4 km
5h 27m€95–137Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
5h 50m€119–291Night train, train
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe HbfNj
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central StationFlx10
8h 14m€56–433Train via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Zürich Stadelhofen to SchaffhausenS9 / ...
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof87
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Weimar11
10h 36m€89–193Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
6h 13m€59–284Fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)ZRH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
7h 35m€152–441Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the train from Göttingen to Weimar
7h 50m€142–363Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)ZRH - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
7h 39m€153–407
Zurich to Weimar by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Weimar is to bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 11h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Weimar is to drive which takes 5h 27m and costs €90 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Weimar station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Weimar central train station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Weimar. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Weimar via Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 32m.
The distance between Zurich and Weimar is 695 km. The road distance is 544.4 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Weimar without a car is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs €70 - €220.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Zurich to Weimar, including transfers.
Zurich to Weimar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Weimar train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich Stadelhofen station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Weimar is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs €70 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €100 and takes 11h 40m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Weimar, Germany?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Weimar via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, and Erfurt Hbf in around 7h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Weimar central train station via Frankfurt central train station in around 11h 40m.
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- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- 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
- €35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- 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
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
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 Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Weimar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €258–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–150
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Weimar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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 Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Weimar central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Weimar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Zurich to Weimar train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Schaffhausen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Weimar is 544 km. It takes approximately 5h 27m to drive from Zurich to Weimar.
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