There are 11 ways to get from America to Switzerland by train, bus, night 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 Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
8h 15mCHF 102–277Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 40mCHF 56–196Bus
- Take the bus from Eindhoven Station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus 007 / ...
14h 33mCHF 84–126Train, night train
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain 20097 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
11h 20mCHF 88–174Drive 626.3 km
- Drive from America to Zurichcar 626.3 km
6h 16mCHF 107–154Train
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain 20097 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zürich HBtrain Nightjet
11h 39mCHF 95–187Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
5h 39mCHF 101–264Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
5h 40mCHF 133–341Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Venlo to Neuss Hbftrain
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
6h 7mTrain, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRU - GVA
6h 41mCHF 94–282Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
6h 40mCHF 120–281
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from America to Switzerland is to bus which costs SFr 80 - SFr 130 and takes 14h 33m.
The fastest way to get from America to Switzerland is to train and fly which takes 5h 39m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from America station to Switzerland station. However, there are services departing from Eindhoven Station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from America to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Horst-Sevenum and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via Venlo, Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 15m.
The distance between America and Switzerland is 683 km. The road distance is 626.3 km.
The best way to get from America to Switzerland without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 8h 15m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 8h 15m to get from America to Switzerland, including transfers.
America to Switzerland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Eindhoven Station.
America to Switzerland train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Venlo station.
The best way to get from America to Switzerland is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 8h 15m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 130 and takes 14h 33m.
What companies run services between America, Netherlands and Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from America to Zürich Stadelhofen via Horst-Sevenum, Venlo, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Zürich HB in around 8h 15m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Eindhoven Station to Zurich Bus Station 3 times a day. Tickets cost CHF 60–95 and the journey takes 12h 55m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–130
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Horst-Sevenum to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Neuss Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Neuss Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Eindhoven Station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
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America to Switzerland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
America to Switzerland train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between America to Switzerland is 626 km. It takes approximately 6h 16m to drive from America to Switzerland.
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