There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Apolda by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBIce / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf50 / ...
7h 47m€74–217Train via Stuttgart #2
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich Stadelhofen to SchaffhausenS9 / ...
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof87
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Erfurt Central Station
9h 39m€55–163Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Chemnitz central bus stationN42 / ...
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Jena bus stationN69 / ...
13h 40m€57–87Drive 560.9 km
- Drive from Zurich to Apolda560.9 km
5h 35m€97–140Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
6h 4m€117–293Train via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Zürich Stadelhofen to SchaffhausenS9 / ...
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof87
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf11 / ...
9h 24m€106–178Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)ZRH - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Apolda
7h 19m€178–310Fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)ZRH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Apolda
6h 59m€156–433Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Karlsplatz
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
6h 36m€155–428Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Apolda
6h 57m€83–264Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Göttingen
- Take the train from Göttingen to Neudietendorf
- Take the train from Neudietendorf to Apolda
8h 13m€148–364
Zurich to Apolda by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Apolda is to bus which costs €55 - €90 and takes 13h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Apolda is to drive which takes 5h 35m and costs €95 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Apolda. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Apolda, Busbahnhof via Chemnitz central bus station and Jena, Busbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Apolda. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Apolda via Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 47m.
The distance between Zurich and Apolda is 711 km. The road distance is 560.9 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Apolda without a car is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs €70 - €220.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Zurich to Apolda, including transfers.
Zurich to Apolda bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Apolda train services, operated by SBB GmbH, depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Apolda is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs €70 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €90 and takes 13h 40m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Apolda, Germany?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Apolda via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, and Erfurt Hbf in around 7h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Apolda, Busbahnhof via Chemnitz central bus station and Jena, Busbahnhof in around 13h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Neudietendorf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Neudietendorf to Apolda
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Karlsplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Neudietendorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Zurich to Apolda bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Chemnitz central bus station.
Zurich to Apolda train services, operated by SBB GmbH, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Apolda is 561 km. It takes approximately 5h 35m to drive from Zurich to Apolda.
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