There are 12 ways to get from Lausanne to Trieste by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, plane, or shuttle
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Train
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
9h 45m€150–383Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lausanne to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Chambéry - Bus Station to Triestebus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 10m€77–143Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Lausanne to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 419 / ...
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Trieste, Autostazionebus
12h 1m€235–625Drive 725.2 km
- Drive from Lausanne to Triestecar 725.2 km
7h 32m€126–182Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane GVA - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
6h 50m€283–888Train via Venice
- Take the train from Lausanne to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Venezia S. Luciatrain Ec
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centraletrain Re
10h 40m€172–373Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane GVA - TRS
7h 43m€121–355Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GVA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
7h 32m€263–768Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne 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 Trieste Centrale
7h 24m€316–875Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
8h 12m€371–1,065Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
9h 30m€207–1,247Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LYS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
10h 7m€302–933
Lausanne to Trieste by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Trieste is to bus which costs €75 - €150 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Trieste is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 6h 50m and costs €280 - €900.
No, there is no direct bus from Lausanne to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Trieste, Autostazione via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Stazione Mestre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Lausanne to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Domodossola and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 45m.
The distance between Lausanne and Trieste is 705 km. The road distance is 725.2 km.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Trieste without a car is to train which takes 9h 45m and costs €150 - €390.
It takes approximately 9h 45m to get from Lausanne to Trieste, including transfers.
Lausanne to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lausanne station.
Lausanne to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lausanne station.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Trieste is to train which takes 9h 45m and costs €150 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus via Milan, which costs €230 - €650 and takes 12h 1m.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a train from Lausanne to Trieste Centrale via Domodossola and Milano Centrale in around 9h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lausanne to Trieste, Autostazione via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Stazione Mestre in around 12h 1m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–130
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Train from Lausanne to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
Train from Domodossola to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €95–140
- 2nd Class
- €80–110
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lausanne to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lausanne to Chambéry - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–800
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €170
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lausanne to Chambéry - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chambéry - Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Lausanne to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Lausanne to Trieste train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Domodossola station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lausanne to Trieste is 725 km. It takes approximately 7h 32m to drive from Lausanne to Trieste.
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