Fastest€63.59
- DB Fernverkehr DB108106:403h 41m10:21Duisburg HauptbahnhofZurich Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 4h 25mCO2 17.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Duisburg to Zurich train
Trains from Duisburg to Zurich start at €59.18 and take 4h 25m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Duisburg to Zurich on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Duisburg to Zurich starts at €59.18 and takes 4h 25m door to door, run by 2 operators over 541 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 25mDoor to door
- 3h 41mMoving
- €66.89 to €166.99From
- 06:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 17.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€66.89 to €166.99 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.
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Buying this trip
Trainline lists departures for Duisburg to Zurich 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
- about €166.99Sat19
- about €122.44Sun20
- about €111.44Mon21
- about €75.69Tue22
- about €99.89Wed23
- about €130.14Thu24
- about €100.99Fri25
- about €93.84Sat26
- about €96.04Sun27
- about €78.44Mon28
- about €70.19Tue29
- about €66.89Wed30
- about €80.09Thu1
- about €80.64Fri2
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 October 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €55.89 | 4h 25m |
 SNCF | €69.64 | 4h 26m |
The train gets you into Zurich. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Zurich for the night the train gets in
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When to book Duisburg to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.9890 days
- €26.5860 days
- €23.2845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €29.8821 days
- €39.2314 days
- €54.087 days
- €51.883 days
- €77.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 232 percent. The most expensive point is €77.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €39.78Sun
- €40.33Mon
- €32.08Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €39.78Thu
- €39.23Fri
- €42.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Duisburg
Rail
- Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
- Duisburg Hbf
- Duisburg-Rahm
Zürich
Rail
- Zurich Hauptbahnhof
- Zürich HB
- Zürich Altstetten
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 541 km against 470 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 Bonn, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Duisburg at 06:30 and the last at 07:30, across 6 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 | 4h 25m | 3h 41m | 44m | €59.18 | 17.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 8h 18m | 7h 34m | 44m | €26.03 | 14.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Duisburg 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 Duisburg to Zurich take?
The Train from Duisburg to Zurich takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 3h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 541 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 Duisburg to Zurich cost?
The Train from Duisburg to Zurich starts at €59.18 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €61.94. 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 Duisburg to Zurich?
2 operators run the Train from Duisburg to Zurich: DB Fernverkehr, SNCF. Between them they file around 6 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 Duisburg to Zurich use?
The Train from Duisburg to Zurich leaves from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof 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 Duisburg to Zurich?
Traveling from Duisburg to Zurich by Coach costs €26.03 and takes 8h 18m door to door, against 4h 25m 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 Duisburg to Zurich?
Fares for the Train from Duisburg to Zurich bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Duisburg to Zurich produce?
The Train from Duisburg to Zurich produces about 17.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 541 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 Duisburg to Zurich?
Operators on the Train from Duisburg to Zurich publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 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 Duisburg to Zurich on September 18, 2026: 541 km of route against 470 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €59.18, and 4h 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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