There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Bad Ems by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
6h 31m€104–259Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus 108 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Coblenz central train stationbus N93
10h 13m€42–70Drive 436.8 km
- Drive from Zurich to Bad Emscar 436.8 km
4h 57m€76–110Fly Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 43m€95–280Train via Basel
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
6h 51m€105–426Train #2
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Frankfurttrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Limburgtrain Rb22 / ...
7h 37m€171–465Fly Zurich Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 13m€100–298Fly Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 28m€98–322Fly Zurich Airport to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane ZRH - LUX
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 40m€130–402Fly Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ZRH - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 6m€156–506Train to Basel, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 33m€148–477
Zurich to Bad Ems by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Bad Ems is to bus which costs €40 - €70 and takes 10h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Bad Ems is to drive which takes 4h 57m and costs €75 - €110.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Bad Ems station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Coblenz central train station via Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Bad Ems. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Bad Ems Westbahnhof via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 31m.
The distance between Zurich and Bad Ems is 518 km. The road distance is 436.8 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Bad Ems without a car is to train which takes 6h 31m and costs €100 - €260.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Zurich to Bad Ems, including transfers.
Zurich to Bad Ems bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Bad Ems train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Zuerich Hb station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Bad Ems is to train which takes 6h 31m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €70 and takes 10h 13m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Bad Ems, Germany?
You can take a train from Zuerich Hb to Bad Ems Westbahnhof via Mannheim Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bad Ems Westbahnhof via Karlsruhe central train station, Coblenz central train station, and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 13m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–430
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–430
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Zuerich Hb to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €85–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–100
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Frankfurt to Limburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–430
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Coblenz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Bad Ems bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Zurich to Bad Ems train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Mannheim Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Bad Ems is 437 km. It takes approximately 4h 57m to drive from Zurich to Bad Ems.
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