Trains from Paris to Zurich

About the Paris to Zurich train

Trains for Zurich leave from Gare de Lyon in the east of central Paris. The line runs south-east through Burgundy, then turns east across the Jura foothills to Mulhouse and reaches Basel, where it crosses the border, before continuing to Zurich. Choose the date and passengers, decide whether you want the return in the same booking, and the search shows live times and fares for your date. Zürich Hauptbahnhof is in the heart of the city: Bahnhofstrasse begins at its front door and runs down to the lake, the Limmat flows past its side, and the old town with its church spires sits across the river. Trams and local trains fan out from here, so reaching a hotel is usually a short tram ride. Zurich rewards a walk: along the lake from Bürkliplatz, through the Niederdorf lanes, up to the Lindenhof for the view across the river. The page lists how far each hotel is from ZRH, useful if you fly out, and because Zurich is a junction it links to onward trains to Lucerne, Interlaken and Milan. A Switzerland eSIM can be added for the stay.