There are 11 ways to get from Hamburg to Zug by plane, train, bus, night train, car train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAM - ZRH
4h 54mCHF 86–212Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
12h 57mCHF 62–143Train via Zürich HB
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
8h 46mCHF 313–437Bus
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N24
13h 41mCHF 85–127Fly 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
6h 21mCHF 90–320Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRE - ZRH
5h 49mCHF 126–358Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
6h 17mCHF 160–389Fly Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane HAM - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
7h 26mCHF 121–375Train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zug(CH)train Ecm
10h 55mCHF 159–326Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Zugcar
11h 18mCHF 109–132Drive 871.3 km
- Drive from Hamburg to Zugcar 871.3 km
8h 19mCHF 145–209
Hamburg to Zug by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hamburg to Zug is to night train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 150 and takes 12h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Hamburg to Zug is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Hamburg station to Zug station. However, there are services departing from Hamburg central bus station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Hamburg to Zug. However, there are services departing from Hamburg Hbf and arriving at Zug via Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 46m.
The distance between Hamburg and Zug is 749 km. The road distance is 871.3 km.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Zug without a car is to train via Zürich HB which takes 8h 46m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 440.
It takes approximately 4h 54m to get from Hamburg to Zug, including transfers.
Hamburg to Zug bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg central bus station.
Hamburg to Zug train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hamburg to Zug is to fly which takes 4h 54m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can train via Zürich HB, which costs SFr 310 - SFr 440 and takes 8h 46m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 130 and takes 13h 41m.
What companies run services between Hamburg, Germany and Zug, Switzerland?
Swiss, Eurowings, and Lufthansa fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hamburg Hbf to Zug via Basel SBB and Zürich HB in around 8h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Bremen Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Bremen Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Bremen Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
- 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
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–390
- 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 29–45
- 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 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 75–90
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27
- Schedules at
- 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 Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–250
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Zug(CH)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
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
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Hamburg to Zug bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Hamburg to Zug train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hamburg to Zug is 871 km. It takes approximately 8h 19m to drive from Hamburg to Zug.
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