[Anonymous]

💡 Get daily forum questions & answers by e-mail

29 May 2022 at 11:37:31 #827337

What’s the recommended route to travel by train from Zurich airport to Zermatt? Thank you!

[Arno]

💡 Get daily forum questions & answers by e-mail

Reply 1 of 3 • 29 May 2022 at 13:05:50 #942504

Hi Pankaj94,

The quickest route is what’s proposed in the timetable by default: from Zurich Airport (called “Zurich Flughafen” in the timetable) to Visp via Bern and the Lötschberg base tunnel, then the regional train from Visp to Zermatt: https://www.myswissalps.com/timetable.

More scenic, and longer, alternatives include:

• Travel via Lucerne and Bern. The train stretch Lucerne-Bern in the Emmen valley is very appealing. Enter “Lucerne” as a via-station in the timetable to see details.
• Change to the Lötschberger RegioExpress in Bern, which doesn’t use the Lötschberg base tunnel but crosses the mountains: https://www.myswissalps.com/lotschberger. It can be found in the timetable if you enter “Kandersteg” as a via-station.
• Don’t travel via Bern, but via Lucerne and Interlaken, using the northern leg of the GoldenPass route: http://www.myswissalps.com/goldenpass/gettingthere. You can then board the RegioExpress Lötschberger in Spiez if you like. Enter “Lucerne”, “Interlaken Ost” (and “Kandersteg” if you’re interested in the RegioExpress Lötschberger) as via-stations for this option.

So it all depends on how much time you have available and what you prefer. I hope this gets you started!

[User]

💡 Get daily forum questions & answers by e-mail

Reply 2 of 3 • 29 May 2022 at 19:37:43 #942505

Arno – thank you! This is great info.

[User]

💡 Get daily forum questions & answers by e-mail

Reply 3 of 3 • 29 May 2022 at 23:46:28 #942506

This question crops up frequently (it ought to be in the web site ‘FAQs!’)

Last time it cropped up I gave th ethree routes already offered.

However there is a fourth alternative if you have all day:

Zurich – Goeschenen – Andermatt – Brig – Zermatt

This traverses what everyone calls the ‘Glacier Express route’, but in fact it is easier to do it by regular trains as MGB in recent years has made Goeschenen – Andermatt – Brig into a single train with no need to change, so you can get to Zermatt this way with only two changes of train (at Goeschenen and Brig)