There are 10 ways to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb by train, plane, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
5h 23m€93–221Train to Basel, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BSL - ZAG
6h 3m€71–264Train, bus via Venice
- Take the train from Flüelen to Chiassotrain Ic2
- Take the train from Chiasso to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
11h 52m€479–1,464Train
- Take the train from Luzern to Thalwiltrain 75
- Take the train from Thalwil to Sarganstrain
- Take the train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain 513 / ...
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
16h 22m€173–632Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain 75
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
14h 45m€306–908Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
6h 55m€130–809Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zagreb
7h 38m€377–969Bus
- Take the bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Zagrebbus
12h 30m€144Train, bus
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain 75
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Zagrebbus FlixBus N953
14h 35m€71–118Drive 819.5 km
- Drive from Lucerne to Zagrebcar 819.5 km
8h 47m€142–205
Lake Lucerne to Zagreb by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb is to train and bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 14h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 5h 23m and costs €90 - €230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Luzern, Bahnhof and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart four times a week, and operate Tuesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 12h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Thalwil, Sargans, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Schwarzach-St.Veit. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 22m.
The distance between Lake Lucerne and Zagreb is 683 km. The road distance is 819.5 km.
The best way to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus via Venice which takes 11h 52m and costs €470 - €1500.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb, including transfers.
Lake Lucerne to Zagreb bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Luzern, Bahnhof station.
Lake Lucerne to Zagreb train services, operated by SBB GmbH, depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb is to train which takes 16h 22m and costs €170 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €144 and takes 12h 30m.
What companies run services between Lake Lucerne, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a train from Luzern to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Thalwil, Sargans, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Schwarzach-St.Veit in around 16h 22m. Alternatively, Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Zagreb 4 times a week. Tickets cost €144 and the journey takes 12h 30m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- 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 Thalwil
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- 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 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 Flüelen to Chiasso
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chiasso to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Thalwil to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €300–900
- 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)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Thalwil to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- 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
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €360–950
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €278
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Luzern, Bahnhof to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Lake Lucerne to Zagreb bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Zagreb station.
Lake Lucerne to Zagreb train services, operated by SBB GmbH, arrive at Thalwil station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lake Lucerne to Zagreb is 820 km. It takes approximately 8h 47m to drive from Lake Lucerne to Zagreb.
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