There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Vrútky by train, bus, 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
best- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutkytrain 603 / ...
11h 43m€123–185Train to Basel, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane BSL - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Zilinatrain
11h 10m€50–255Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Munich - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Žilinabus 1291
15h 25m€85–138Drive 983.4 km
- Drive from Zurich to Vrútkycar 983.4 km
9h 45m€205–297Fly Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane ZRH - KSC
- Take the train from Kosice to Vrutkytrain
8h 19m€115–319Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádražíbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Brno hl.n. to Žilinatrain Rj 1045
20h 57m€125–145Fly Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ZRH - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutkytrain
8h 20m€111–280Train to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Rorschachtrain
- Fly from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ACH - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutkytrain
9h 34m€401–556Fly Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane ZRH - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Zilinatrain
10h 5m€112–322Fly Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ZRH - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutkytrain
10h 40m€117–287Fly Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Vrutkytrain
10h 28m€100–317
Zurich to Vrútky by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Vrútky is to bus which costs €85 - €140 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Vrútky is to fly and train which takes 8h 19m and costs €110 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Vrútky. However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at Žilina via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Vrútky. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Vrutky via Bratislava Hlavna Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 43m.
The distance between Zurich and Vrútky is 1064 km. The road distance is 983.4 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Vrútky without a car is to train which takes 11h 43m and costs €120 - €190.
It takes approximately 11h 43m to get from Zurich to Vrútky, including transfers.
Zurich to Vrútky bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Zurich to Vrútky train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Zuerich Hb station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Vrútky is to train which takes 11h 43m and costs €120 - €190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €140 and takes 15h 25m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Vrútky, Slovakia?
You can take a train from Zuerich Hb to Vrutky via Bratislava Hlavna Stanica in around 11h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zürich to Vrutky via Munich central bus station, Žilina, and Zilina in around 15h 25m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- peoples.ch
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–470
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Košice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- €110–170
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Kosice to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Kosice to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Brno hl.n. to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Zürich HB to Rorschach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Vrutky
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bohumin to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Munich - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Žilina
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €105–115
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovak Lines
Bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Slovak Lines
Bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Slovak Lines
- [email protected]
- Website
- levitour.sk
Bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- levitour.sk
Bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- levitour.sk
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Booking & Getting There
Zurich to Vrútky bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Munich - Bus Station.
Zurich to Vrútky train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Bratislava Hlavna Stanica station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Vrútky is 983 km. It takes approximately 9h 45m to drive from Zurich to Vrútky.
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