City to city
Munich to Zurich by train
Hauptbahnhof Süd → Zürich HB
- Fastest
- ≈ 3h 57m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 52m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Arverio Bayern GmbH, OEBB Personenverkehr AG Kundenservice, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, DB Fernverkehr AG
Trains link Munich (Hauptbahnhof Süd) and Zurich (Zürich HB) in about 3h 57m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the EuroCity Zürich–München (332 km, typically 3 h 44 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Munich to Zurich take?
The fastest trains cover Munich to Zurich in about 3h 57m; a typical journey takes around 4h 52m.
Is there a direct train from Munich to Zurich?
Yes: direct trains run between Hauptbahnhof Süd and Zürich HB.
This corridor in the atlas
- EuroCity Zürich–München Electrified through in 2020, which cut an hour off the run: out of Zurich by Winterthur and St Gallen, over the Rhine at St Margrethen, along Lake Constance through Bregenz and Lindau, then the Allgäu to Munich.
Legendary routes through Munich or Zurich
- ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
- Nightjet Vienna → Zurich
- Gotthard Express Zurich → Milan
- Nightjet Munich–Rome Munich → Rome
Sleepers too: night trains from Zurich.
More trains from Munich
- Munich → Nuremberg ≈ 1h 11m · direct
- Munich → Salzburg ≈ 1h 45m · direct
- Munich → Innsbruck ≈ 1h 55m · direct
- Munich → Stuttgart ≈ 1h 58m · direct
- Munich → Leipzig ≈ 3h 15m · direct
- Munich → Frankfurt ≈ 3h 17m · direct
More train routes in Switzerland · Austria · Germany.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.