Train4h 30
ZürichZürich HauptbahnhofParisParis Gare de Lyon
TGV Lyria, direct, no change
SBB, SNCF
Route
Zürich to Paris
2 ways to get from Zürich to Paris
ZürichZürich HauptbahnhofParisParis Gare de Lyon
- Train
- 4h 30 published
- Distance
- 656 km by road
- Operators
- SBB · SNCF
- Train 4h 30
- Transfer ~7h 02 est. drive
ZürichParis
- Train4h 30Zürich HauptbahnhofParis Gare de Lyon
- Transfer~7h 02 est.any addressany address
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Options by mode
Journey times and carriers on this route.
Transfer~7h 02 est. drive
Zürichany addressParisany address
door to door
Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer
Before you land
The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Hours
TGV Lyria is the joint SBB/SNCF high-speed brand covering all the direct France-Switzerland corridors; several direct Zurich-Paris departures run daily via Basel and Belfort onto the LGV Rhin-Rhône.
tgv-lyria.com · checked 2026-09-09
Where to go
Trains use Paris Gare de Lyon, not Gare de l'Est - the two are on opposite sides of central Paris, so a traveller mixing this up with the Frankfurt-Paris corridor's station would misconnect.
tgv-lyria.com · checked 2026-09-09