City to city
Zurich to Munich by train
Zürich HB → Hauptbahnhof Süd
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 01m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 10m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, DB Fernverkehr (Codesharing), DB Fernverkehr AG, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg
Trains link Zurich (Zürich HB) and Munich (Hauptbahnhof Süd) in about 4h 01m 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 Zurich to Munich take?
The fastest trains cover Zurich to Munich in about 4h 01m; a typical journey takes around 5h 10m.
Is there a direct train from Zurich to Munich?
Yes: direct trains run between Zürich HB and Hauptbahnhof Süd.
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 Zurich or Munich
- 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 Zurich
- Zurich → Lucerne ≈ 41 min · direct
- Zurich → Bern ≈ 56 min · direct
- Zurich → Basel ≈ 1h 01m · direct
- Zurich → Interlaken ≈ 1h 56m · direct
- Zurich → Lausanne ≈ 2h 17m · direct
- Zurich → Geneva ≈ 2h 51m · 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.