--- title: "Grens to Zurich – 5 ways by train, bus, car | Mixroutes" description: "Grens to Zurich is 209 km. Fastest: train in 2h 48m. Cheapest: train from CHF20. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grens-to-zurich" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grens-to-zurich.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Paradeplatz_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg/1920px-Paradeplatz_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg" --- ![Zurich](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Paradeplatz_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg/1920px-Paradeplatz_in_Z%C3%BCrich.jpg) # How to get from Grens to Zurich [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grens&to=Zurich) [Zurich to Grens](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zurich-to-grens) SISHION (CC BY-SA 3.0) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 209 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 209 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 30 min quicker than flying and CHF100 cheaper. - [**Drive** best 3h 10m CHF26–35 Estimated 257 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grens&to=Zurich) - [**Fly** 3h 42m CHF100–160 Estimated GVA → ZRH · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grens&to=Zurich) - [**Taxi** 3h 10m CHF175–265 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Grens&to=Zurich) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:08 → 11:50 3h 42m · direct CHF100–160](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Grens&to=Zurich&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Grens to Zurich? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 10m door to door. The straight-line distance is 209 km. What is the cheapest way from Grens to Zurich? Drive is the cheapest, from CHF26. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Grens to Zurich? About 58 min in the air (GVA → ZRH), about 3h 42m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run CHF100–160; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Zurich from Grens by road? About 257 km, roughly 3h 10m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around CHF26–35; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Zurich Largest city in Switzerland Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of the end of 2025, the municipality had a population of 440,935, while the urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), and the Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. [The Zurich guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/zurich) Worth your time - Bahnhofstrasse One of the busiest and best-known shopping streets in the world. - Lindenhof A beautiful view of the city and one time location of a Roman fort. - Lake Promenade Especially during summer, the lake is a beautiful place to spend the evening or the weekend. - Grossmünster Old Romanesque church, symbol of reformed Zurich, where reformer Huldrych Zwingli was appointed the people's priest in 1519. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Zurich Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/grens-to-zurich, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt