There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Cesena by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Bologna
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain S11
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain Ic
6h 34m€125–382Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bolognabus FlixBus 519 / ...
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain Ic
8h 21m€41–132Drive 579 km
- Drive from Zurich to Cesenacar 579 km
5h 56m€101–145Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
4h 43m€98–347Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Cesenatrain Fr
7h 24m€120–352Bus
- Take the bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop to Cesena Piazzale dell Accoglienzabus Shuttle Italy Airport 84 / ...
8h 30m€110–140Fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
5h 43m€125–399Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
6h 28m€110–364Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZRH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Cesenatrain
6h 6m€109–328
Zurich to Cesena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Cesena is to bus and train which costs €40 - €140 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Cesena is to fly and train which takes 4h 43m and costs €95 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Cesena. However, there are services departing from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai and arriving at Cesena Piazzale dell Accoglienza via Z.I. Zola Predosa Nannetti, Normandia, Berretta Rossa Opif. Golinelli and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Cesena. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Cesena via Como S. Giovanni, Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 34m.
The distance between Zurich and Cesena is 548 km. The road distance is 579 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Cesena without a car is to train via Bologna which takes 6h 34m and costs €120 - €390.
It takes approximately 6h 34m to get from Zurich to Cesena, including transfers.
Zurich to Cesena bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai station.
Zurich to Cesena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Cesena is to train via Bologna which takes 6h 34m and costs €120 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €140 and takes 8h 30m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Cesena, Italy?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Cesena via Como S. Giovanni, Milano Centrale, and Bologna Centrale in around 6h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Cesena Piazzale dell Accoglienza via Z.I. Zola Predosa Nannetti, Normandia, Berretta Rossa Opif. Golinelli, Aeroporto, and Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop in around 8h 30m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bologna Centrale to Cesena
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39 0541 600100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Shuttle Italy Airport
Bus from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop to Cesena Piazzale dell Accoglienza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- Shuttle Italy Airport
- Standard Fare
- €30
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Cesena bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Bologna station.
Zurich to Cesena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Como S. Giovanni station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Cesena is 579 km. It takes approximately 5h 56m to drive from Zurich to Cesena.
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