There are 11 ways to get from Magdeburg to Zurich by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 56 / ...
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
9h 2mCHF 153–696Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Magdeburg-Buckau to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain Re30
- Take the nighttrain from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
12h 40mCHF 55–149Bus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus stationbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N24
13h 36mCHF 60–106Drive 686 km
- Drive from Magdeburg to Zurichcar 686 km
7h 5mCHF 112–162Train via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 55
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain 87
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofentrain S12 / ...
12h 39mCHF 174–787Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LEJ - ZRH
6h 56mCHF 122–368Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
5h 57mCHF 80–317Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
6h 8mCHF 128–417Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAM - ZRH
6h 52mCHF 119–390Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
6h 49mCHF 177–521Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7h 11mCHF 106–411
Magdeburg to Zurich by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 13h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 5h 57m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg central bus station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Zürich HB via Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 2m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Zurich is 858 km. The road distance is 686 km.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Zurich without a car is to train which takes 9h 2m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Magdeburg to Zurich, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Magdeburg central bus station.
Magdeburg to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Zurich is to train which takes 9h 2m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 13h 36m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Zürich HB via Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB in around 9h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Station via Hanover central bus station in around 13h 36m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–340
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Magdeburg-Buckau to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofen
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Magdeburg-Buckau to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Schedules at
- Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Stadelhofen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Magdeburg to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Magdeburg to Zurich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Magdeburg to Zurich is 686 km. It takes approximately 7h 5m to drive from Magdeburg to Zurich.
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