Antwerp to Zurich train

Trains from Antwerp to Zurich start at €54.79 and take 4h 53m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Antwerp to Zurich starts at €54.79 and takes 4h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 523 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 53mDoor to door
  • 4h 9mMoving
  • €54.79 to €120.24From
  • 06:32 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 17.3 kgCO2

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

€54.79 to €120.24 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

  1. about €88.89Tue15
  2. about €120.24Wed16
  3. about €99.89Thu17
  4. about €100.99Fri18
  5. about €100.44Sat19
  6. about €100.44Sun20
  7. about €72.39Mon21
  8. about €77.34Tue22
  9. about €70.19Wed23
  10. about €95.49Thu24
  11. about €81.74Fri25
  12. about €73.49Sat26
  13. about €79.54Sun27
  14. about €54.79Mon28

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 October 5, 2026

Cheapest€52.04
  1. Nmbs/sncb N172407:3054m08:24Antwerpen CentraalMaastricht Station
  2. Swiss International Air Lines SI665609:151h 4m10:19Maastricht MSTZürich ZRH

Changes at Maastricht, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 4h 46mCO2 115.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€68.54
  1. SNCF SN408406:324h 9m10:41Antwerpen CentraalZurich Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 4h 53mCO2 17.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail 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
SNCF€58.644h 18m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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

A hotel room

A room in Zurich for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Antwerp to Zurich

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

  1. €56.9990 days
  2. €49.1160 days
  3. €55.6045 days
  4. €44.3430 days
  5. €52.0421 days
  6. €54.7914 days
  7. €67.407 days
  8. €99.893 days
  9. €88.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 125 percent. The most expensive point is €99.89, 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.
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. €79.54Sun
  2. €54.79Mon
  3. €59.73Tue
  4. €70.19Wed
  5. €95.49Thu
  6. €80.38Fri
  7. €73.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Antwerp

Rail
  • Antwerpen Centraal
  • Antwerpen-Centraal
  • Antwerpse Zuidstatie

Zürich

Rail
  • Zurich Hauptbahnhof
  • Zürich HB
  • Thalwil
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 523 km against 523 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Maastricht, Bonn, Brussels, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Antwerp at 06:32 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.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 17m1h 7m3h 10m€56.19132.6 kg1
Train4h 53m4h 9m44m€54.7917.3 kg5

Questions about Antwerp to Zurich

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Antwerp to Zurich take?

The Train from Antwerp to Zurich takes 4h 53m door to door, of which 4h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 523 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 Antwerp to Zurich cost?

The Train from Antwerp to Zurich starts at €54.79 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €73.49. 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 Antwerp to Zurich?

1 operators run the Train from Antwerp to Zurich: SNCF. 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 Antwerp to Zurich use?

The Train from Antwerp to Zurich leaves from Antwerpen Centraal and arrives at Zurich Hauptbahnhof. 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 Antwerp to Zurich?

Traveling from Antwerp to Zurich by Flight costs €56.19 and takes 4h 17m door to door, against 4h 53m 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 Antwerp to Zurich?

Fares for the Train from Antwerp to Zurich bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €44.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 125 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Antwerp to Zurich produce?

The Train from Antwerp to Zurich produces about 17.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 523 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Antwerp to Zurich?

Operators on the Train from Antwerp to Zurich publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 53m 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 Antwerp to Zurich on September 14, 2026: 523 km of route against 523 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €54.79, and 4h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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