Fastest€31.14
- SBB SB960917:101h 35m18:45Zurich HauptbahnhofGeneve Cornavin
Door to door 2h 19mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Zurich to Geneva train
Trains from Zurich to Geneva start at €28.94 and take 2h 19m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Zurich to Geneva on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Zurich to Geneva starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 19m door to door, run by 3 operators over 224 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 19mDoor to door
- 1h 35mMoving
- €28.94 to €60.29From
- 06:32 to 20:14First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 7.4 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.
€28.94 to €60.29 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €50.39Tue15
- about €47.64Wed16
- about €60.29Thu17
- about €44.34Fri18
- about €45.44Sat19
- about €42.69Sun20
- about €37.74Mon21
- about €28.94Tue22
- about €32.24Wed23
- about €39.39Thu24
- about €37.74Fri25
- about €37.19Sat26
- about €34.44Sun27
- about €30.04Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 SBB | €25.64 |
 SNCF | €25.09 |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €24.54 |
The train gets you into Geneva. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Geneva for the night the train gets in
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When to book Zurich to Geneva
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €13.3845 days
- €11.1830 days
- €12.8321 days
- €14.4814 days
- €18.337 days
- €26.033 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 133 percent. The dearest point is €26.03, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €16.68Sun
- €14.48Mon
- €14.48Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €18.33Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich
Rail
- Zurich Hauptbahnhof
- Zürich HB
- Thalwil
Geneva
Rail
- Geneve Cornavin
- Genève
- Geneva-La Praille station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 224 km against 224 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Zurich at 06:32 and the last at 20:14, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 19m | 1h 35m | 44m | €28.94 | 7.4 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 3h 44m | 3h | 44m | €14.48 | 6.0 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 52m | 42m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 56.8 kg | 16 |
Questions about Zurich to Geneva
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 Geneva take?
The Train from Zurich to Geneva takes 2h 19m door to door, of which 1h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 224 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 Geneva cost?
The Train from Zurich to Geneva starts at €28.94 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €29.49. 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 Geneva?
3 operators run the Train from Zurich to Geneva: SBB, SNCF, SNCF Voyageurs. Between them they file around 18 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 Geneva use?
The Train from Zurich to Geneva leaves from Zurich Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Geneve Cornavin. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Zurich to Geneva?
Travelling from Zurich to Geneva by Coach costs €14.48 and takes 3h 44m door to door, against 2h 19m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Zurich to Geneva?
Fares for the Train from Zurich to Geneva bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Zurich to Geneva produce?
The Train from Zurich to Geneva produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 224 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 Geneva?
Operators on the Train from Zurich to Geneva publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 19m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Geneva on 14 September 2026: 224 km of route against 224 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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