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IC8 to ThunorWelcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne?

The short answer

For one traveler the IC8 to Thun is cheaper by CHF 75. But at 3 travelers the Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne takes over.

The Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne is quicker: 45 min against 1 h 37. The IC8 to Thun varies between 97 and 100 minutes.

IC8 to Thun: 06:46–18:46. Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne: Runs all night.

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. The Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne is charged in euros; its column is converted at the reference rate in its fare note.
TravelersIC8 to ThunWelcome Pickups transfer to LucerneDifference
1CHF 68about CHF 143CHF 75
2CHF 136about CHF 143CHF 7
3CHF 204about CHF 143CHF 61
4CHF 272about CHF 246CHF 26
5CHF 340about CHF 246CHF 94
6CHF 408about CHF 246CHF 162
7CHF 476about CHF 246CHF 230
8CHF 544about CHF 389CHF 155

The cheaper option changes at 3 travelers, from the IC8 to Thun to the Welcome Pickups transfer to Lucerne. That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
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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