There are 9 ways to get from Leiden to Zermatt by train, night train, plane, or bus
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Leiden Centraal to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
12h 32mCHF 107–419Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Leiden Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the nighttrain from Eindhoven Centraal to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
15h 45mCHF 84–304Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AMS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Visptrain
8h 19mCHF 163–390Train
- Take the train from Leiden Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Basel SBBtrain 43N
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
15h 45mCHF 169–374Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Zermatttrain
8h 16mCHF 133–441Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Zermatttrain
8h 11mCHF 203–445Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane AMS - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
9h 27mCHF 125–344Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane AMS - MXP
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Domodossolabus
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
9h 29mFly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AMS - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Visptrain
11h 48mCHF 224–510
Leiden to Zermatt by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leiden to Zermatt is to train and night train which costs SFr 80 - SFr 310 and takes 15h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Leiden to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 8h 11m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 450.
No, there is no direct train from Leiden to Zermatt. However, there are services departing from Leiden Centraal and arriving at Zermatt via Arnhem Centraal, Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Visp. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 32m.
The distance between Leiden and Zermatt is 1012 km.
The best way to get from Leiden to Zermatt without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 12h 32m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 420.
It takes approximately 12h 32m to get from Leiden to Zermatt, including transfers.
Leiden to Zermatt train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Leiden Centraal station.
Leiden to Zermatt train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Arnhem Centraal station.
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You can take a train from Leiden Centraal to Zermatt via Arnhem Centraal, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Visp in around 12h 32m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Leiden Centraal to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Leiden Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Eindhoven Centraal to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Leiden Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Eindhoven Centraal to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–105
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–105
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 60–75
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 35–45
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Eindhoven to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- [email protected]
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Train from Visp to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 20–25
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 35–45
Train from Visp to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 20–25
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 35–45
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
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