There are 12 ways to get from Hamburg to Appenzell by plane, train, car train, car, bus, night train, or ferry
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Fly Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallentrain
5h 41mCHF 85–248Night train, train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Gossau SGtrain Ir13 / ...
13h 18mCHF 56–166Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Augsburg Hbfcartrain Uex 2026
- Drive from Augsburg Hbf to Appenzellcar
11h 6mCHF 122–157Bus
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N33 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to St. Gallen Lagerstrassebus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
17h 24mCHF 80–120Fly Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane HAM - STR
- Take the train from Vaihingen to Konstanz Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Konstanz to St. Gallen(Ch)train
8h 6mCHF 114–403Fly Hamburg Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)plane HAM - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Gallentrain
7h 45mCHF 87–364Fly Hamburg Airport to Friedrichshafen Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH)plane HAM - FDH
- Take the ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquaiferry
- Take the train from Romanshorn to St. Gallen(Ch)train
- Take the train from St. Gallen to Appenzelltrain
6h 45mTrain to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallentrain
7h 4mCHF 154–417Fly Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane HAM - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
8h 32mCHF 119–347Train via Kassel
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhoftrain Re2
- Take the train from Konstanz to St. Gallen(Ch)train Re / ...
11h 20mCHF 130–395Train
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Sarganstrain Ice
- Take the train from Sargans to St. Gallentrain Ir13
13h 52mCHF 350–598Drive 843 km
- Drive from Hamburg to Appenzellcar 843 km
7h 8mCHF 141–204
Hamburg to Appenzell by bus, foot, and night bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Appenzell is to bus which costs SFr 80 - SFr 120 and takes 17h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Appenzell is to fly and train which takes 5h 41m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg station to Appenzell. However, there are services departing from Hamburg central bus station and arriving at Appenzell, Adlerplatz via Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai and St. Gallen, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Hamburg to Appenzell. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at Appenzell via Zürich HB and Gossau SG. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 18m.
The distance between Hamburg and Appenzell is 805 km. The road distance is 843 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Appenzell without a car is to bus which takes 17h 24m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 120.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Hamburg to Appenzell, including transfers.
Hamburg to Appenzell bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg central bus station.
Hamburg to Appenzell train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Appenzell is to bus which takes 17h 24m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 120. Alternatively, you can train via Kassel, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 400 and takes 11h 20m.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Appenzell, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Hamburg central bus station to Appenzell, Adlerplatz via Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai, St. Gallen Lagerstrasse, and St. Gallen, Bahnhof in around 17h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hamburg Hbf to Appenzell via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Konstanz, St. Gallen(Ch), and St. Gallen in around 11h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–310
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Friedrichshafen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Gossau SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–550
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- *
- CHF 15–23
Train from Zürich HB to St. Gallen
- *
- CHF 10–15
Train from Zürich Flughafen to St. Gallen
- *
- CHF 15–23
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- Thurbo
Train from Zürich HB to Gossau SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 9–13
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 16–19
Train from Konstanz to St. Gallen(Ch)
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–13
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 6–8
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 10–13
Train from Zürich HB to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–15
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 8–11
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 12–15
Train from Romanshorn to St. Gallen(Ch)
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–10
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 4–6
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 8–10
Train from Konstanz to St. Gallen(Ch)
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–13
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 6–8
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 10–13
Train from Sargans to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–14
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 7–11
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 11–14
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Vaihingen to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Vaihingen to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- Appenzeller Bahnen
Train from St. Gallen to Appenzell
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- Appenzeller Bahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Sargans to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–29
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to St. Gallen Lagerstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Schedules at
- bsb.de
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrt Ag
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Booking & Getting There
Hamburg to Appenzell bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Hamburg to Appenzell train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to Appenzell is 843 km. It takes approximately 7h 8m to drive from Hamburg to Appenzell.
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