Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo train

Trains from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo start at €28.93 and take 2h 25m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo starts at €28.93 and takes 2h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 239 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 19 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 25mDoor to door
  • 1h 41mMoving
  • €30.58 to €58.64From
  • 06:33 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 7.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€30.58 to €58.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

SBB runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Trainline lists departures for Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €58.64Sun20
  2. about €53.69Mon21
  3. about €43.78Tue22
  4. about €39.94Wed23
  5. about €52.59Thu24
  6. about €55.34Fri25
  7. about €46.54Sat26
  8. about €42.14Sun27
  9. about €32.78Mon28
  10. about €30.58Tue29
  11. about €33.89Wed30
  12. about €44.89Thu1
  13. about €41.04Fri2
  14. about €34.99Sat3

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€28.93
  1. SBB SB410507:301h 10m08:40Zurich HauptbahnhofBellinzona railway station
  2. Treni Regionali Ticino Lombardia TR220309:3644m10:20Bellinzona railway stationCinisello Balsamo station

Changes at Bellinzona, with 56 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 34mCO2 7.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€28.94
  1. SBB SB802806:331h 41m08:14Zurich HauptbahnhofCinisello Balsamo station

Door to door 2h 25mCO2 7.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€28.93
  1. SBB SB582307:301h 11m08:41Zurich HauptbahnhofLugano railway station
  2. SBB SB417010:1332m10:45Lugano railway stationCinisello Balsamo station

Changes at Lugano, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 59mCO2 7.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
SBB€28.942h 25m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • SBB

The train gets you into Cinisello Balsamo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Cinisello Balsamo for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Booking window

When to book Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €31.6890 days
  2. €28.3860 days
  3. €27.8345 days
  4. €22.3430 days
  5. €32.7821 days
  6. €34.9914 days
  7. €46.547 days
  8. €43.783 days
  9. €58.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €58.64, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €42.14Sun
  2. €32.78Mon
  3. €31.68Tue
  4. €33.89Wed
  5. €44.89Thu
  6. €41.04Fri
  7. €34.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Zürich

Rail
  • Zurich Hauptbahnhof
  • Zürich HB
  • Zürich Altstetten
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 239 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bellinzona, Novara, Varese, Lugano. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Zurich at 06:33 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo take?

The Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo takes 2h 25m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 239 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo cost?

The Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo starts at €28.93 for one passenger, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo?

1 operators run the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo: SBB. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo use?

The Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo leaves from Zurich Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Cinisello Balsamo station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo?

Fares for the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo produce?

The Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo produces about 7.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 239 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo?

Operators on the Train from Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Zurich to Cinisello Balsamo on 19 September 2026: 239 km of route against 207 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €28.93, and 2h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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