Intro
Travelling to Switzerland in a comfortable, carefree and environmentally friendly way: the real holiday feeling starts at home!
- 13 x more An electric car produces 13 times more CO2 than a train.
- 0.2% Train traffic only contributes 0.2% to the total CO2 emissions of all traffic.
- 90% The Swiss SBB trains are 90% water-powered.
Connections
A direct ICE train leaves for Basel SBB station daily from Amsterdam Central, Utrecht Central and Arnhem Central stations. From there, trains go to all parts of Switzerland. The journey from Utrecht takes 6 hours and 10 minutes. There are even more travel possibilities from the Netherlands with only one change at a station in Germany. At Frankfurt station, for example, travellers can change to a direct intercity train to Zurich, Bern or Interlaken. From Venlo, Enschede and Oldenzaal both Basel and Zurich can be reached with just one change.
Train connections from the Netherlands
| From / naar | Duration | Times a day |
| Utrecht Central* – Basel SBB | 6 h 10 min | max. 1 |
| Utrecht Central* – Frankfurt – Basel SBB | 6 h 40 min | max. 3 |
| Utrecht Central* – Frankfurt of Basel – Zürich HB | 7 h 25 - 8 h 55 min | max. 2 |
| Utrecht Central* – Frankfurt or Basel – Bern | 7 h 20 - 7 h 50 min | max. 3 |
| Utrecht Central* – Frankfurt or Basel – Interlaken-Ost | 8 h 20 - 8 h 50 min | max. 3 |
| Venlo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Basel SBB | 5 h 45 min | max. 1 |
| Venlo – Düsseldorf Hbf – Zürich HB | 7 h 55 min | max. 1 |
| Enschede – Münster – Basel SBB | 8 h 5 min | max. 1 |
| Enschede – Münster – Zürich HB | 9 h 30 min | max. 1 |
| Oldenzaal – Osnabrück – Basel SBB | 8 h 55 min | max. 1 |
| Oldenzaal – Osnabrück – Zürich HB | 10 h 20 min | max. 1 |
*Train departs from Amsterdam Central Station and also stops at Arnhem Central Station.
Train connections from Belgium and Luxembourg
| From / naar | Duration | Times a day |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Frankfurt – Basel SBB | 6 h 25 min | max. 4 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Basel SBB | 6 h 10 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Strasbourg – Basel SBB | 5 h 50 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Frankfurt – Zürich HB | 7 h 40 min | max. 3 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Zürich HB | 7 h 10 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Frankfurt – Bern | 8 h 35 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Frankfurt – Interlaken-Ost | 9 h 35 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Lyon – Genève | 6 h 30 min | max. 2 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Genève | 8 h 20 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Lausanne | 8 h 25 min | max. 1 |
| Bruxelles-Midi – Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Chur | 9 h 0 min | max. 2 |
| Liège-Guillemins – Frankfurt Flughafen – Basel SBB | 5 h 35 min | max. 1 |
| Liège-Guillemins – Frankfurt – Zürich HB | 6 h 50 min | max. 1 |
| Liège-Guillemins – Köln Hbf – Bern | 7 h 45 min | max. 1 |
| Liège-Guillemins – Köln Hbf – Interlaken-Ost | 8 h 45 min | max. 1 |
| Liège-Guillemins – Frankfurt am Main Hbf – Chur | 8 h 10 min | max. 2 |
| Lille/Rijsel – Strasbourg – Basel SBB | 5 h 5 min | max. 1 |
| Lille/Rijsel – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Zürich HB | 7 h 45 min | max. 1 |
| Lille/Rijsel – Lyon – Genève | 5 h 35 min | max. 3 |
| Lille/Rijsel – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Genève | 5 h 20 min | max. 1 |
| Lille/Rijsel – Paris-Nord/Gare de Lyon – Lausanne | 5 h 25 min | max. 1 |
| Luxembourg – Strasbourg – Basel SBB | 4 h 5 min | max. 2 |
| Luxembourg – Strasbourg – Zürich HB | 5 h 30 min | max. 1 |
| 1st and 2nd class | 1st class |
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Timetable & tickets
Arrival in Zwitserland
- The ICE takes you directly to the Swiss city centres – step off the train and the city tour can already get started.
- Your journey continues? Once in Switzerland, trains leave at half-hour intervals in all directions: Timetable Swiss public transport