Rome to Zurich train

Trains from Rome to Zurich start at €74.59 and take 5h 36m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Rome to Zurich starts at €74.59 and takes 5h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 685 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 5h 36mDoor to door
  • 4h 52mMoving
  • €74.59 to €149.39From
  • 06:32 to 20:22First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 22.6 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.

€74.59 to €149.39 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 €132.89Tue15
  2. about €147.19Wed16
  3. about €146.09Thu17
  4. about €149.39Fri18
  5. about €135.09Sat19
  6. about €127.39Sun20
  7. about €90.54Mon21
  8. about €88.89Tue22
  9. about €94.39Wed23
  10. about €115.84Thu24
  11. about €111.99Fri25
  12. about €111.44Sat26
  13. about €103.19Sun27
  14. about €74.59Mon28

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

Lowest CO2€93.84
  1. SNCF SN882406:324h 58m11:30Roma TerminiZurich Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 5h 42mCO2 22.6 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€74.595h 22m140 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 Rome to Zurich

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

  1. €69.7690 days
  2. €57.9660 days
  3. €66.2245 days
  4. €54.4230 days
  5. €59.7321 days
  6. €65.6314 days
  7. €75.667 days
  8. €116.963 days
  9. €109.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €54.42.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €116.96, 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. €84.51Sun
  2. €65.63Mon
  3. €74.48Tue
  4. €76.84Wed
  5. €96.90Thu
  6. €88.05Fri
  7. €92.18Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rome

Rail
  • Roma Termini
  • Ciampino
  • Roma Balduina

Zürich

Rail
  • Zurich Hauptbahnhof
  • Zürich HB
  • Thalwil
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 685 km against 685 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rome at 06:32 and the last at 20:22, across 8 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 28m1h 18m3h 10m€65.63173.4 kg18
Train5h 36m4h 52m44m€74.5922.6 kg8

Questions about Rome 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 Rome to Zurich take?

The Train from Rome to Zurich takes 5h 36m door to door, of which 4h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 685 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 Rome to Zurich cost?

The Train from Rome to Zurich starts at €74.59 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €84.77. 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 Rome to Zurich?

1 operators run the Train from Rome to Zurich: SNCF. Between them they file around 8 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 Rome to Zurich use?

The Train from Rome to Zurich leaves from Roma Termini 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 Rome to Zurich?

Traveling from Rome to Zurich by Flight costs €65.63 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 5h 36m 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 Rome to Zurich?

Fares for the Train from Rome to Zurich bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €54.42. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Rome to Zurich produces about 22.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 685 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 Rome to Zurich?

Operators on the Train from Rome to Zurich publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 36m 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 Rome to Zurich on September 14, 2026: 685 km of route against 685 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €74.59, and 5h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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