Zurich to Toulouse train

Trains from Zurich to Toulouse start at €65.24 and take 5h 33m at their fastest.

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Serene twilight view of Pont Saint-Pierre and Garonne River in Toulouse, France, with city lights reflecting in the water.

The Trains from Zurich to Toulouse starts at €65.24 and takes 5h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 694 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 4, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 33mDoor to door
  • 4h 49mMoving
  • €83.94 to €204.94From
  • 06:25 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 22.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 4, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€83.94 to €204.94 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 Zurich to Toulouse 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 €204.94Fri18
  2. about €175.24Sat19
  3. about €164.79Sun20
  4. about €98.24Mon21
  5. about €103.74Tue22
  6. about €98.79Wed23
  7. about €142.79Thu24
  8. about €108.69Fri25
  9. about €121.34Sat26
  10. about €104.29Sun27
  11. about €86.69Mon28
  12. about €83.94Tue29
  13. about €95.49Wed30
  14. about €113.64Thu1

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 4, 2026

Cheapest€65.24
  1. Lyria L428507:3044m08:14Zurich HauptbahnhofBasel SBB
  2. EasyJet (DS) EJ918209:331h 18m10:51Basel BSLToulouse TLS

Changes at Basel, with 79 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 18mCO2 167.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€115.29
  1. SNCF SN750606:254h 49m11:14Zurich HauptbahnhofToulouse Matabiau

Door to door 5h 33mCO2 22.9 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€88.895h 31m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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

A hotel room

A room in Toulouse for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Toulouse Matabiau and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Zurich to Toulouse

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

  1. €67.4090 days
  2. €53.8360 days
  3. €56.7845 days
  4. €78.6130 days
  5. €90.5421 days
  6. €109.2914 days
  7. €142.797 days
  8. €158.263 days
  9. €177.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €53.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 229 percent. The most expensive point is €177.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €104.29Sun
  2. €86.69Mon
  3. €76.25Tue
  4. €95.49Wed
  5. €109.29Thu
  6. €108.69Fri
  7. €121.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Zürich

Rail
  • Zurich Hauptbahnhof
  • Zürich HB
  • Zürich Altstetten

Toulouse

Rail
  • Toulouse Matabiau
  • Toulouse Argoulets
  • St-Cyprien Arènes
The journey

What the journey 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 694 km against 694 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 Geneva, Montpellier, Basel, Lyon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 06:25 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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 38m1h 28m3h 10m€69.76175.9 kg2
Train5h 33m4h 49m44m€65.2422.9 kg4

Questions about Zurich to Toulouse

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 Zurich to Toulouse take?

The Train from Zurich to Toulouse takes 5h 33m door to door, of which 4h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 694 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 Toulouse cost?

The Train from Zurich to Toulouse starts at €65.24 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €83.67. 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 Toulouse?

1 operators run the Train from Zurich to Toulouse: SNCF. Between them they file around 4 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 Toulouse use?

The Train from Zurich to Toulouse leaves from Zurich Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Toulouse Matabiau. 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 Toulouse?

Traveling from Zurich to Toulouse by Flight costs €69.76 and takes 4h 38m door to door, against 5h 33m 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 Toulouse?

Fares for the Train from Zurich to Toulouse bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €53.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 229 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Zurich to Toulouse produces about 22.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 694 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 Zurich to Toulouse?

Operators on the Train from Zurich to Toulouse publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 33m 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 Toulouse on September 17, 2026: 694 km of route against 694 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €65.24, and 5h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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