Lausanne to Lugano train

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Information about the Lausanne to Lugano train

Travel by train from Lausanne to Lugano. 23 trains run each day: choose between the first train departing Lausanne at 5h 40m and the last at 20h 34m, allowing you to cover the 267.03 km distance in as little as 4h 18m.

Number routes per day

Average route time

4h 25m

Shortest route time

4h 18m

First hour of departure

5h 40m

Last hour of departure

20h 34m

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How much does a train ticket from Lausanne to Lugano cost?

We recommend booking your train ticket in advance to make the most of the best offers. Get a great deal by choosing the date and time of departure that offer the most advantageous fares. To stay up to date with our best offers, create an alert in the "Low Prices" section.

How long does a journey on a train from Lausanne to Lugano take?

Your train takes you from Lausanne to Lugano in an average of 4h 25m.

How long does the fastest train take to travel from Lausanne to Lugano?

When taking the fastest train, you can travel from Lausanne to Lugano in 4h 18m.

How many trains run from Lausanne to Lugano each day?

Each day, 23 trains depart from Lausanne to Lugano.

Are there direct trains or connecting trains between Lausanne and Lugano?

It is possible to travel between Lausanne and Lugano on Connecting train(s).

What is the distance between Lausanne and Lugano by train?

By train, about 267.03 km separate Lugano from Lausanne.

What time is the first train from Lausanne to Lugano?

If you’re an early riser, you can catch the Lausanne to Lugano train at 5h 40m.

What time is the last train from Lausanne to Lugano?

If you prefer a later departure, take the last train leaving Lausanne at 20h 34m.

To leave Lausanne, which station(s) can I depart from?

The trains shown on this page depart from: LAUSANNE.

At Lugano, which station(s) will I arrive at?

This page lists trains arriving at: LUGANO.

Which train companies operate trains from Lausanne to Lugano?

You can make the Lausanne to Lugano journey with SBB.

How to buy a cheap train ticket from Lausanne to Lugano?

The price of a Lausanne – Lugano train ticket depends on several factors, such as the rail operator, the travel class, when you buy your ticket, the date and time of departure, and the stations you choose for departure and arrival. However, you can still save money on your train ticket from Lausanne to Lugano thanks to promotions or discounts: SNCF cards, national or regional subscriptions, and youth or senior fares. Find out how to buy a cheap train ticket from Lausanne to Lugano.

Price of a Lausanne – Lugano Train Ticket

For a cheap train ticket from Lausanne to Lugano, we recommend exploring the many options available on SNCF Connect: SNCF cards and subscriptions (Cartes Avantage, Carte Liberté, weekly or monthly subscriptions, MAX subscriptions), Prem's tickets, (TGV INOUI, INTERCITÉS), & Interrail Pass.
Some discounts only apply when you book a return journey from Lausanne to Lugano with your discount card or subscription.
Depending on the rail operator, you can also choose between different travel classes to go from Lausanne to Lugano at the best price.

Promotional Fare for Lausanne – Lugano

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Last-minute Lausanne – Lugano Train

Booking your ticket in advance, for example, during the sales events, is a great way to pay less for your journey from Lausanne to Lugano. For last-minute train tickets from Lausanne to Lugano, run a search on our website to see the lowest prices available for the five to seven days following your intended departure date. Depending on the dates and the rail operator, you can also select the option to reserve your seats at the current fare, hold that price for a certain period, and pay for your tickets at that rate before the option expires.

Direct train from Lausanne to Lugano and alternative routes

Some services may be operated by direct trains as well as trains with connections. Likewise, different rail operators may provide all or part of a journey with different offers. To get a cheap ticket, we recommend checking the best prices shown after a search on SNCF Connect. A direct train does not necessarily guarantee the cheapest fare for Lausanne - Lugano. On certain journeys, we also offer alternative routes, or trips to or from nearby stations, allowing you to compare times and prices.

Which companies operate the train from Lausanne to Lugano?

If you're travelling from Lausanne to Lugano, the following train companies offer direct lines or journeys with a changeover.

SBB

Travel from Lausanne to Lugano with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). SBB is Switzerland’s national rail operator, with an extensive and punctual network connecting cities across the country efficiently. SBB operates a range of services, including high-speed, long-distance and regional trains, all of which can now be booked on the SNCF Connect website and app.

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What travel classes are available on the Lausanne to Lugano train?

To travel from Lausanne to Lugano, the railway companies listed below offer different classes of comfort.

SBB

Travel from Lausanne to Lugano by train with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). Depending on your journey and the train selected, enjoy 1st or 2nd class comfort on long-distance InterCity (IC) and EuroCity (EC) trains, tilting trains, or the regional network, which includes InterRegio (IR), RegioExpress (RE), and Regio (R) services. Your SBB train ticket Lausanne - Lugano allows you to explore Switzerland and its Alpine landscapes with complete peace of mind.

What on-board services are available on the Lausanne to Lugano train?

Discover the on-board services provided by various carriers operating the Lausanne to Lugano route, either directly or through connections. Click on the carrier to view associated services.

SBB

Treats and relaxation at the SBB Restaurant

Turn your journey into a break: enjoy a selection of carefully chosen meals and drinks at the SBB Restaurant or SBB Bistro, to delight your taste buds even on the train.
Free Internet on board and in stations

Browse free of charge: thanks to SBB WiFi, Internet access is available in many stations and on board mainline trains!
Enhanced comfort in 1st class

Travel with greater ease: in 1st class, you'll enjoy more legroom, individually adjustable seats spaced further apart, outlets in every compartment, 2+1 layouts, as well as "business" and "quiet" areas for greater peace of mind.
Transporting your luggage on board the train

SBB makes it easy to travel with your luggage. You can keep your luggage with you on the train thanks to the numerous storage areas: under or between the seats, in the overhead luggage racks, or in the multi-function compartments of duplex cars. Pictograms indicate luggage and stroller zones.
Transporting your bicycle on board the train

Bicycles are welcome on SBB trains. You can transport your personal bicycle in the areas provided, including in the IC2000 cars on the lower level. Groups of cyclists (10 people or more) can benefit from specially adapted services on booking. Folding bicycles can be transported as hand luggage, without a specific ticket. For other types of bicycles, we recommend checking transport conditions and booking in advance, especially during busy periods.
Travelling with your pet

Small animals, up to the size of a cat, can travel free of charge on SBB trains if they are transported in a closed cage or bag, placed under the seat or in the luggage racks. For dogs, a specific ticket is required and can be purchased via the SNCF Connect application. Dogs must be kept on a leash and remain on the floor during the journey.

Lausanne to Lugano train schedule for Tuesday 4 August 2026
Departure	Arrival	Duration	Carrier
5h 40m	10h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
5h 40m Lausanne SBB 2507 5h 57m Palezieux 6h 13m Romont 6h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 6h 56m Bern 7h 28m Zofingen 7h 41m Sursee 8h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 8h 18m Luzern SBB 663 8h 45m Arth-Goldau 9h 08m Fluelen 9h 42m Bellinzona 10h 02m Lugano
6h 34m	11h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
6h 34m Lausanne SBB 511 6h 40m Renens Vd 7h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 7h 21m Neuchatel 7h 42m Biel/Bienne 7h 59m Solothurn 8h 18m Olten 8h 29m Aarau 8h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 9h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 865 9h 29m Zug 9h 45m Arth-Goldau 10h 42m Bellinzona 11h 02m Lugano
6h 40m	11h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
6h 40m Lausanne SBB 2509 6h 57m Palezieux 7h 13m Romont 7h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 7h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 8h 02m Bern SBB 809 8h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 9h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 865 9h 29m Zug 9h 45m Arth-Goldau 10h 42m Bellinzona 11h 02m Lugano
7h 40m	12h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
7h 40m Lausanne SBB 2511 7h 57m Palezieux 8h 13m Romont 8h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 8h 56m Bern 9h 28m Zofingen 9h 41m Sursee 10h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 10h 18m Luzern SBB 667 10h 45m Arth-Goldau 11h 08m Fluelen 11h 42m Bellinzona 12h 02m Lugano
8h 34m	13h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
8h 34m Lausanne SBB 515 8h 40m Renens Vd 9h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 9h 21m Neuchatel 9h 42m Biel/Bienne 9h 59m Solothurn 10h 18m Olten 10h 29m Aarau 10h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 11h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 869 11h 29m Zug 11h 45m Arth-Goldau 12h 42m Bellinzona 13h 02m Lugano
8h 40m	13h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
8h 40m Lausanne SBB 2513 8h 57m Palezieux 9h 13m Romont 9h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 9h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 10h 02m Bern SBB 813 10h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 11h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 869 11h 29m Zug 11h 45m Arth-Goldau 12h 42m Bellinzona 13h 02m Lugano
9h 40m	14h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
9h 40m Lausanne SBB 2515 9h 57m Palezieux 10h 13m Romont 10h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 10h 56m Bern 11h 28m Zofingen 11h 41m Sursee 12h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 12h 18m Luzern SBB 671 12h 45m Arth-Goldau 13h 42m Bellinzona 14h 02m Lugano
10h 34m	15h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
10h 34m Lausanne SBB 519 10h 40m Renens Vd 11h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 11h 21m Neuchatel 11h 42m Biel/Bienne 11h 59m Solothurn 12h 18m Olten 12h 29m Aarau 12h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 13h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 873 13h 29m Zug 13h 45m Arth-Goldau 14h 08m Fluelen 14h 42m Bellinzona 15h 02m Lugano
10h 40m	15h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
10h 40m Lausanne SBB 2517 10h 57m Palezieux 11h 13m Romont 11h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 11h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 12h 02m Bern SBB 817 12h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 13h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 873 13h 29m Zug 13h 45m Arth-Goldau 14h 08m Fluelen 14h 42m Bellinzona 15h 02m Lugano
11h 40m	16h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
11h 40m Lausanne SBB 2519 11h 57m Palezieux 12h 13m Romont 12h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 12h 56m Bern 13h 28m Zofingen 13h 41m Sursee 14h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 14h 18m Luzern SBB 675 14h 45m Arth-Goldau 15h 42m Bellinzona 16h 02m Lugano
12h 34m	17h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
12h 34m Lausanne SBB 523 12h 40m Renens Vd 13h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 13h 21m Neuchatel 13h 42m Biel/Bienne 13h 59m Solothurn 14h 18m Olten 14h 29m Aarau 14h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 15h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 877 15h 29m Zug 15h 45m Arth-Goldau 16h 08m Fluelen 16h 42m Bellinzona 17h 02m Lugano
12h 40m	17h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
12h 40m Lausanne SBB 2521 12h 57m Palezieux 13h 13m Romont 13h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 13h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 14h 02m Bern SBB 821 14h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 15h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 877 15h 29m Zug 15h 45m Arth-Goldau 16h 08m Fluelen 16h 42m Bellinzona 17h 02m Lugano
13h 40m	18h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
13h 40m Lausanne SBB 2523 13h 57m Palezieux 14h 13m Romont 14h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 14h 56m Bern 15h 28m Zofingen 15h 41m Sursee 16h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 16h 18m Luzern SBB 173 16h 45m Arth-Goldau 17h 42m Bellinzona 18h 02m Lugano
14h 34m	19h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
14h 34m Lausanne SBB 527 14h 40m Renens Vd 15h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 15h 21m Neuchatel 15h 42m Biel/Bienne 15h 59m Solothurn 16h 18m Olten 16h 29m Aarau 16h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 17h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 881 17h 29m Zug 17h 45m Arth-Goldau 18h 08m Fluelen 18h 42m Bellinzona 19h 02m Lugano
14h 40m	19h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
14h 40m Lausanne SBB 2525 14h 57m Palezieux 15h 13m Romont 15h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 15h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 16h 02m Bern SBB 825 16h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 17h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 881 17h 29m Zug 17h 45m Arth-Goldau 18h 08m Fluelen 18h 42m Bellinzona 19h 02m Lugano
15h 40m	20h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
15h 40m Lausanne SBB 2527 15h 57m Palezieux 16h 13m Romont 16h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 16h 56m Bern 17h 28m Zofingen 17h 41m Sursee 18h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 18h 18m Luzern SBB 683 18h 45m Arth-Goldau 19h 42m Bellinzona 20h 02m Lugano
16h 34m	21h 02m	4h 28m	SBB	Booking
16h 34m Lausanne SBB 531 16h 40m Renens Vd 17h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 17h 21m Neuchatel 17h 42m Biel/Bienne 17h 59m Solothurn 18h 18m Olten 18h 29m Aarau 18h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 19h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 885 19h 29m Zug 19h 45m Arth-Goldau 20h 08m Fluelen 20h 42m Bellinzona 21h 02m Lugano
16h 40m	21h 02m	4h 22m	SBB	Booking
16h 40m Lausanne SBB 2529 16h 57m Palezieux 17h 13m Romont 17h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 17h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 18h 02m Bern SBB 829 18h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 19h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 885 19h 29m Zug 19h 45m Arth-Goldau 20h 08m Fluelen 20h 42m Bellinzona 21h 02m Lugano
17h 40m	21h 58m	4h 18m	SBB	Booking
17h 40m Lausanne SBB 2531 17h 57m Palezieux 18h 13m Romont 18h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 18h 56m Bern 19h 28m Zofingen 19h 41m Sursee 20h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 20h 18m Luzern SBB 687 20h 45m Arth-Goldau 21h 42m Bellinzona 21h 58m Lugano
18h 34m	22h 58m	4h 24m	SBB	Booking
18h 34m Lausanne SBB 535 18h 40m Renens Vd 19h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 19h 21m Neuchatel 19h 42m Biel/Bienne 19h 59m Solothurn 20h 18m Olten 20h 29m Aarau 20h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 21h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 889 21h 29m Zug 21h 45m Arth-Goldau 22h 08m Fluelen 22h 42m Bellinzona 22h 58m Lugano
18h 40m	22h 58m	4h 18m	SBB	Booking
18h 40m Lausanne SBB 2533 18h 57m Palezieux 19h 13m Romont 19h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 19h 56m Bern Connection: 06 min 20h 02m Bern SBB 833 20h 58m Zurich Hb Connection: 07 min 21h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 889 21h 29m Zug 21h 45m Arth-Goldau 22h 08m Fluelen 22h 42m Bellinzona 22h 58m Lugano
19h 40m	23h 58m	4h 18m	SBB	Booking
19h 40m Lausanne SBB 2535 19h 57m Palezieux 20h 13m Romont 20h 32m Fribourg/Freiburg 20h 56m Bern 21h 28m Zofingen 21h 41m Sursee 22h 01m Luzern Connection: 17 min 22h 18m Luzern SBB 691 22h 45m Arth-Goldau 23h 42m Bellinzona 23h 58m Lugano
20h 34m	1h 25m	4h 51m	SBB	Booking
20h 34m Lausanne SBB 539 20h 40m Renens Vd 21h 00m Yverdon-Les-Bains 21h 21m Neuchatel 21h 42m Biel/Bienne 21h 59m Solothurn 22h 18m Olten 22h 29m Aarau 22h 56m Zurich Hb Connection: 09 min 23h 05m Zurich Hb SBB 893 23h 29m Zug 23h 45m Arth-Goldau 0h 08m Altdorf 0h 34m Biasca 0h 47m Bellinzona Connection: 06 min 0h 53m Bellinzona SBB 25149 0h 57m Giubiasco 1h 06m Rivera-Bironico 1h 10m Mezzovico 1h 16m Taverne-Torricella 1h 19m Lamone-Cadempino 1h 25m Lugano

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