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VBZ tram 10orIC8 to Thun?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The VBZ tram 10 reaches Zürich HB, the main station; the IC8 to Thun does not. Goes to Thun, not Zurich: it runs through Zürich HB and Bern to Thun, on an SBB point-to-point fare rather than the ZVV ticket.

The VBZ tram 10 is quicker: 35 min against 1 h 37. The IC8 to Thun varies between 97 and 100 minutes.

VBZ tram 10: 05:06–23:51. IC8 to Thun: 06:46–18:46.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in CHF. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersVBZ tram 10IC8 to ThunDifference
1CHF 7.20CHF 68CHF 60.80
2CHF 14.40CHF 136CHF 121.60
3CHF 21.60CHF 204CHF 182.40
4CHF 28.80CHF 272CHF 243.20
5CHF 36CHF 340CHF 304
6CHF 41CHF 408CHF 367
7CHF 48.20CHF 476CHF 427.80
8CHF 55.40CHF 544CHF 488.60

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
10 · VBZ, on the same ZVV zone ticketVBZ tram 10
From
The tram stop "Zürich Flughafen, Bahnhof" outside the terminal, by the railway station
To
Zürich, Bahnhofplatz/HB — the square in front of the main station — via Sternen Oerlikon
Luggage
A street tram with low floors and no racks; fine for a case, slow with several.
Runs
05:06–23:51
Journey
34–37 min

Same price as the train and three times as long: 35 minutes against 11. Take the train unless you are going somewhere along the tram's route.

Do not board tram 12 by mistake. It leaves from the same stop and goes to Bahnhof Stettbach, on the far side of the city, not to the centre.

It starts six minutes after the first train and stops 51 minutes before the last one, so it never covers an hour the train does not.

Four evening departures, 19:58 to 20:41, end at Sternen Oerlikon rather than the main station; the destination on the front tells you.

VBZ tram 10: price for every party size

See ZVV single tickets
IC8 · SBB, on a point-to-point ticketIC8 to Thun
From
Zürich Flughafen railway station, platforms 1 to 4
To
Thun station, by the lake, in 97 to 100 minutes; via Zürich HB and Bern
Luggage
Mainline Swiss trains: racks and standing space by the doors.
Runs
06:46–18:46
Journey
97–100 min

The ticket is SBB's, not ZVV's: Zürich Flughafen to Thun, CHF 68.00 an adult, CHF 34.00 for a child of 6 to 15 or with a Half-Fare card, under-6s free. It is cheaper than the CHF 77.00 to Interlaken Ost, which the same train goes on to.

One an hour, at :46, from 06:46 to 18:46. Earlier or later, change at Bern on the same ticket.

The full fare is fixed; the "Supersaver" for one named train is cheaper, demand-priced and refused on any other train, so it is not priced here.

IC8 to Thun: price for every party size

See the fare on sbb.ch

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