There are 7 ways to get from Pleven to Zurich by train, plane, bus, car, or night train
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 Sofia Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Pleven to Sofia Severtrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
8h 45mCHF 100–210Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Basel, train
cheapest- Take the train from Pleven to Sofia Severtrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
10h 4mCHF 77–307Train, bus
- Take the train from Pleven to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HBtrain
27h 4mCHF 85–141Drive 1,638.2 km
- Drive from Pleven to Zurichcar 1,638.2 km
19h 29mCHF 267–386Train, night train to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Pleven to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane OTP - ZRH
10h 2mCHF 84–236Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Pleven to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Zürichbus
31hBus
- Take the bus from Pleven Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurichbus
32h 31mCHF 110–155
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pleven to Zurich is to train and bus which costs SFr 85 - SFr 150 and takes 27h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Pleven to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 8h 45m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 210.
No, there is no direct bus from Pleven to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Pleven and arriving at Zürich via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h.
The distance between Pleven and Zurich is 1496 km. The road distance is 1638.2 km.
The best way to get from Pleven to Zurich without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 4m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 150.
It takes approximately 8h 45m to get from Pleven to Zurich, including transfers.
Pleven to Zurich bus services, operated by Pleven Bus Station, depart from Pleven station.
Pleven to Zurich bus services, operated by Pleven Bus Station, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Zurich is 1h behind Pleven. It is currently 4:33 AM in Pleven and 3:33 AM in Zurich.
Yes, the driving distance between Pleven to Zurich is 1638 km. It takes approximately 19h 29m to drive from Pleven to Zurich.
What companies run services between Pleven, Bulgaria and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Pleven to Zürich via Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika, and Niš, Autobuska Stanica in around 31h.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–140
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Pleven to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–4
- 1st Class
- CHF 3–5
Train from Pleven to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–4
- 1st Class
- CHF 3–5
Train from Pleven to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–4
- 1st Class
- CHF 3–5
Train from Pleven to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 1–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–3
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–4
- 1st Class
- CHF 3–5
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Pleven to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Pleven to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–17
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Pleven to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Pleven Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (0) 64 888 666
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogarapleven.com
Bus from Pleven to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9
- Schedules at
- avtogarapleven.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Pleven to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–24
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381 35 8228404
- [email protected]
- Website
- zoranreisen.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- zoranreisen.rs
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Pleven Bus Stop to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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