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Travel to Zurich
Flying to Zurich
Airlines operating flights to Zurich from the UK include British Airways, easyJet and Swiss. Cheap flights are available year-round, especially if you book well in advance. American Airlines, Delta, Edelweiss Air, Swiss and United run direct flights from the USA.
From London - 1 hour 40 minutes; New York - 7 hours 40 minutes; Los Angeles - 11 hours 20 minutes; Toronto - 7 hours 45 minutes; Sydney - 24 hours (including stopover).
City Airports:
Zurich Airport (ZRH)
Telephone:+41 43 816 2211
Website:www.zurich-airport.com
Location:
Money:
Luggage:
Website:www.zurich-airport.com
Location:
Zurich Airport is located 12km (7.5 miles) north of Zurich.
Money:
There are banks, which also provide bureau de change services, at various points within the airport complex. Separate bureaux de change kiosks are also available.
Luggage:
There is a lost property office in arrivals hall 1 (tel: +41 900 571 015). A porter service (tel: +41 438 166 707) is available to assist passengers with their luggage, while trolleys can be used free of charge. There is a left-luggage desk (tel: +41 438 163 500) and lockers to stow baggage in Arrivals.
Travel by road
Summary:
Swiss roads are generally good, although mountain routes can be narrow and winding. Chains and/or snow tyres may be required in winter, and after a heavy snowfall some routes close. There is a telephone number for information on national road conditions (tel: 163).
Traffic drives on the right and the minimum driving age is 18. A national driving licence is sufficient documentation. The maximum speed limits are 120kph (75mph) on motorways, 100kph (62mph) on dual carriageways, 80kph (50mph) on main roads, and 50kph (31mph) in towns. On minor roads, traffic going up a mountain has priority.
Road numbers on green signs indicate toll expressways, where a toll vignette (sticker) must be displayed. You can order one online before you travel (rail.myswitzerland.com). Stickers are valid for one calendar year.
There are two motoring associations in Switzerland. These are Touring Club Suisse (TCS) (tel: +41 844 888 111; www.tcs.ch) and Automobil Club der Schweiz (ACS) (tel: +41 31 328 3111; www.acs.ch).
Emergency breakdown service:
TCS (tel: 0800 140 140, in Switzerland only) or ACS (tel: +41 44 628 8899).
Routes:
The A1 passes through Zurich's outskirts on its way from Geneva and Berne to Winterthur and St Gall. Beyond this, it links up with the E43 at Lindau in Germany, and then the E54 to Munich. The A3 skirts the southwest shore of Lake Zurich from Lucerne (via the A4), Chur and Sargans. The E17 south goes directly from Basel to Zurich. The A51 connects Zurich with the airport.
Driving times:
From Basel - 1 hour 15 minutes; Geneva - 3 hours; Munich - 3 hours 30 minutes.
Coaches:
Eurolines (tel: +41 844 257 244; www.eurolines.ch) and Flixbus (www.flixbus.co.uk) run coach services to Zurich, connecting the city with destinations across Europe. There are regular PostBus services, run by Swiss Post (tel: +41 848 888 888; www.postauto.ch) to much of rural Switzerland.
Travel by rail
Services:
Trains run frequently to and from major Swiss centres (including Bern, Geneva, Baseland Luzern) and there are excellent international connections too. The busy Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station, dates from 1871 and is located on Bahnhofplatz.
High-speed InterCity Express (ICE) services operate from Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Hamburg, among others. ÖBB Nightjet (www.oebb.at/de/angebote-ermaessigungen/nightjet) trains depart from Vienna or from Berlin, Hamburg, Freiburg and Basel, arriving in Zurich.
Other direct services include TGV-trains to Paris.
Operators:
Swiss Federal Railways, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) (tel: +41 900 300 300; www.sbb.ch) operates the majority of services on Switzerland's rail system.
Journey times:
From Stuttgart - 3 hours; Frankfurt - 4 hours; Hamburg - 7 hours 35 minutes; Paris - 4 hours; Vienna - 7 hours 50 minutes; Amsterdam - 11 hours 30 minutes (overnight train); Berlin - 11 hours 15 minutes (overnight train); Hamburg - 11 hours 35 minutes (overnight train).
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