There are 10 ways to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Eurostar)
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
6h 27mCHF 107–218Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGNbus N79 / ...
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
10h 29mCHF 55–66Drive 549.1 km
- Drive from Aachen, Hbf to Zurichcar 549.1 km
6h 12mCHF 105–152Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
3h 58mCHF 129–279Train
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
9h 49mCHF 65–150Train, bus
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Maastrichttrain S43 / ...
- Take the bus from Maastricht to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N831
11h 35mCHF 58–87Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
4h 36mCHF 79–232Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
5h 28mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
5h 9mCHF 107–265Train, train to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
6h 42mCHF 132–409
Aachen, Hbf to Zurich by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 70 and takes 10h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 3h 58m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct bus from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Aachen, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Zürich Bus Station via Aachen station west, Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 and Bonn Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Aachen Hbf and arriving at Zürich HB via Frankfurt and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 27m.
The distance between Aachen, Hbf and Zurich is 651 km. The road distance is 549.1 km.
The best way to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 27m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich, including transfers.
Aachen, Hbf to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Aachen station west.
Aachen, Hbf to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Aachen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 27m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 55 - SFr 70 and takes 10h 29m.
What companies run services between Aachen, Hbf, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Aachen Hbf to Zürich HB via Frankfurt and Basel SBB in around 6h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Aachen, Hauptbahnhof to Zürich Bus Station via Aachen, Ponttor, Aachen station west, Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2, and Bonn Hbf in around 10h 29m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–380
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Aachen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–28
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Aachen Hbf to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- CHF 8–13
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- CHF 8–13
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maastricht to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–11
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 47–52
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Aachen, Hbf to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Aachen, Hbf to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Aachen, Hbf to Zurich is 549 km. It takes approximately 6h 12m to drive from Aachen, Hbf to Zurich.
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