There are 11 ways to get from Lausanne to Zagreb by train, plane, bus, night train, shuttle, 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.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane GVA - ZAG
7h 10m€115–325Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lausanne to Zagrebbus FlixBus N953
16h 25m€85–130Train, bus via Venice
- Take the train from Lausanne to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Domodossola to Milano Centralebus Re4
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
13h 19mTrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Rjx
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
16h 50m€220–446Train, night train
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
17h 12m€370–531Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
6h 46m€175–358Train to Basel, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BSL - ZAG
7h 9m€107–313Train 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 Zagreb
8h 23m€212–726Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zagreb
9h 6m€474–896Train, bus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Berntrain Ir15 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Zagrebbus
16h 45m€192–209Drive 924.9 km
- Drive from Lausanne to Zagrebcar 924.9 km
9h 50m€166–240
Lausanne to Zagreb by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Zagreb is to bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs €170 - €360.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lausanne and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart five times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 16h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Lausanne to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zuerich Hb and Schwarzach-St.Veit. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 50m.
The distance between Lausanne and Zagreb is 853 km. The road distance is 924.9 km.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus via Venice which takes 13h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Lausanne to Zagreb, including transfers.
Lausanne to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lausanne station.
Lausanne to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lausanne station.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Zagreb is to train which takes 16h 50m and costs €220 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €130 and takes 16h 25m.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a train from Lausanne to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, and Schwarzach-St.Veit in around 16h 50m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lausanne to Zagreb 5 times a week. Tickets cost €85–130 and the journey takes 16h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €290–420
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- 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
- €360–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–160
- 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
- €28–340
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €240–400
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €278
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lausanne to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Bern to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €155
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
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Booking & Getting There
Lausanne to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Lausanne to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lausanne to Zagreb is 925 km. It takes approximately 9h 50m to drive from Lausanne to Zagreb.
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