There are 11 ways to get from Lucerne to Villach by bus, train, night train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus : Milan Lampugnano Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Villach Bus Stationbus FlixBus N953
10h 16m€48–80Train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain N7 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain 613 / ...
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbftrain Ic
10h 41m€100–363Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain Ir75 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Villach Hbfnighttrain Nj / ...
11h€208–328Drive 573.3 km
- Drive from Lucerne to Villachcar 573.3 km
7h 5m€120–173Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Munich Central Bus Stationbus : Milan Lampugnano Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
11h 8m€50–136Train, 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 Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
6h 29m€191–519Train, fly to Graz Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbftrain
6h 27m€176–457Train, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbftrain
8h 56m€130–336Train, fly to Munich International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain
8h 54m€138–474Train, fly to Vienna International Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ZRH - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Villach Hbftrain
9h 19m€138–384Train, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain
9h 30m€305–587
Lucerne to Villach by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lucerne to Villach is to bus which costs €45 - €85 and takes 10h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Lucerne to Villach is to train and fly which takes 6h 27m and costs €170 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucerne to Villach station. However, there are services departing from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse and arriving at Villach Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Lucerne to Villach. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Villach Hbf via Zuerich Hb, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Schwarzach-St.Veit. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 41m.
The distance between Lucerne and Villach is 606 km. The road distance is 573.3 km.
The best way to get from Lucerne to Villach without a car is to bus which takes 10h 16m and costs €45 - €85.
It takes approximately 10h 16m to get from Lucerne to Villach, including transfers.
Lucerne to Villach bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse station.
Lucerne to Villach train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Lucerne to Villach is to bus which takes 10h 16m and costs €45 - €85. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €100 - €370 and takes 10h 41m.
What companies run services between Lucerne, Switzerland and Villach, Austria?
You can take a bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Villach Bus Station via Zurich Bus Station in around 10h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Luzern to Villach Hbf via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Schwarzach-St.Veit in around 10h 41m.
- Website
- swiss.com
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €190–300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €40–65
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- *
- €30–45
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- *
- €21–35
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- €28–45
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- *
- €35–55
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- €29–45
Train from Wien Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- €55–80
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €46
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Wien Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €75–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €17–21
Train from Ostbahnhof to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–94
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €91–94
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €26–31
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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 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 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 Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Wien Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Munich Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Villach Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–146
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €146
Shuttle from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- GoOpti
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Booking & Getting There
Lucerne to Villach bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai.
Lucerne to Villach train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lucerne to Villach is 573 km. It takes approximately 7h 5m to drive from Lucerne to Villach.
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