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 IC81 to Interlaken Ost does not. Runs on through Zürich HB to Interlaken, on an SBB point-to-point fare rather than the ZVV ticket.
The VBZ tram 10 is quicker: 35 min against 2 h 13.
VBZ tram 10: 05:06–23:51. IC81 to Interlaken Ost: 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.
Travelers
VBZ tram 10
IC81 to Interlaken Ost
Difference
1
CHF 7.20
CHF 77
CHF 69.80
2
CHF 14.40
CHF 154
CHF 139.60
3
CHF 21.60
CHF 231
CHF 209.40
4
CHF 28.80
CHF 308
CHF 279.20
5
CHF 36
CHF 385
CHF 349
6
CHF 41
CHF 462
CHF 421
7
CHF 48.20
CHF 539
CHF 490.80
8
CHF 55.40
CHF 616
CHF 560.60
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.
IC81 · SBB, on a point-to-point ticketIC81 to Interlaken Ost
From
Zürich Flughafen railway station, platforms 1 to 4 — the InterCity showing Interlaken Ost
To
Interlaken Ost, the main station between the Thun and Brienz lakes, in 2 h 13; via Zürich HB
Luggage
Mainline Swiss trains: racks and standing space by the doors; bicycles need a reservation on this train.
Runs
06:46–18:46
Journey
133 min
The ticket is SBB's, not ZVV's: Zürich Flughafen to Interlaken Ost, CHF 77.00 an adult, CHF 38.50 for a child of 6 to 15 or with a Half-Fare card, under-6s free.
One an hour, at :46, from 06:46 to 18:46 — 13 trains a day, each the same 2 h 13. Earlier or later than that, every connection found needs a change, typically at Bern, so check before you plan a landing or departure around this train.
The full fare is fixed; the "Supersaver" for one named train is cheaper, sold only in advance, priced by demand and refused on any other train, so it is not priced here.
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