There are 6 ways to get from Alès to Zermatt by train (TGV, Renfe), bus, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Ales to Nimestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
9h 31mCHF 147–273Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Gare Routiere to Place de la Paixbus E13
- Take the bus from Aubenas Place De La Paix to Valence Gare Routiere Ibus
- Take the bus from Valence to Annemassebus
- Take the train from Annemasse to St-Mauricetrain
- Take the train from St-Maurice to Visptrain R91
15h 4mCHF 110–211Train, train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Ales to Nimestrain
- Take the train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MRS - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
12h 18mCHF 242–480Train via Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence
- Take the train from Ales to Nimestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
10h 13mCHF 152–273Train, train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ales to Nimestrain
- Take the train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MRS - MXP
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Domodossolabus
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 31mTrain, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ales to Nimestrain
- Take the train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LYS - MXP
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Domodossolabus
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 7m
Alès to Zermatt by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Alès to Zermatt is to bus and train which costs SFr 110 - SFr 220 and takes 15h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Alès to Zermatt is to train which takes 9h 31m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct train from Alès to Zermatt. However, there are services departing from Ales and arriving at Zermatt via Nimes, Lyon Part Dieu, Genève and Visp. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 31m.
The distance between Alès and Zermatt is 705 km.
The best way to get from Alès to Zermatt without a car is to train which takes 9h 31m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Alès to Zermatt, including transfers.
Alès to Zermatt train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Ales station.
Alès to Zermatt train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Nimes station.
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There are 2625+ hotels available in Zermatt.
What companies run services between Alès, France and Zermatt, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ales to Zermatt via Nimes, Lyon Part Dieu, Genève, and Visp in around 9h 31m.
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–280
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Ales to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Ales to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Ales to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Ales to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Ales to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Annemasse to St-Maurice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from St-Maurice to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegionalAlps
Train from St-Maurice to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–48
- Schedules at
- RegionalAlps
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 24–28
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 42–48
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- 04 8000 7000
- Website
- Cars Région Ardèche
Bus from Gare Routiere to Place de la Paix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 3
- Schedules at
- Cars Région Ardèche
Bus from Aubenas Place De La Paix to Valence Gare Routiere I
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Website
- SNCF Bus
- Phone
- 04 8000 7000
- Website
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Aubenas Place De La Paix to Valence Gare Routiere I
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Valence to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
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