There are 9 ways to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
5h 5m€118–297Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Luzern to Rotterdam Central Stationbus FlixBus N846
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijkbus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 39m€74–126Train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
9h 42m€132–534Train, bus
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain 75
- Take the bus from Zürich to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijkbus BlaBlaCar Bus
13h 55m€76–138Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain 75
- Take the nighttrain from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
13h€286–908Train to Basel, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
5h 10m€136–340Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
6h 49m€113–344Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Flüelen to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MXP - AMS
6h 58m€112–440Drive 811.1 km
- Drive from Lucerne to Amsterdamcar 811.1 km
7h 51m€144–207
Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam is to train and fly which takes 5h 5m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam. However, there are services departing from Luzern, Werkhofstrasse and arriving at Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk via Luzern and Rotterdam. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Amsterdam Centraal via Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Düsseldorf Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 42m.
The distance between Lake Lucerne and Amsterdam is 685 km. The road distance is 811.1 km.
The best way to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam without a car is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs €130 - €550.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam, including transfers.
Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Luzern station.
Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs €130 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 39m.
What companies run services between Lake Lucerne, Switzerland and Amsterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a bus from Luzern, Kantonalbank to Amsterdam Centraal via Luzern, Bundesplatz, Luzern, Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Düsseldorf Hbf in around 9h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Luzern, Werkhofstrasse to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk via Luzern, Weinbergli, Luzern, and Rotterdam in around 14h 39m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Flüelen to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rotterdam to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luzern to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rotterdam to Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rotterdam Central Station.
Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam is 811 km. It takes approximately 7h 51m to drive from Lake Lucerne to Amsterdam.
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