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VBZ tram 10orIC81 to Interlaken Ost?

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 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.
TravelersVBZ tram 10IC81 to Interlaken OstDifference
1CHF 7.20CHF 77CHF 69.80
2CHF 14.40CHF 154CHF 139.60
3CHF 21.60CHF 231CHF 209.40
4CHF 28.80CHF 308CHF 279.20
5CHF 36CHF 385CHF 349
6CHF 41CHF 462CHF 421
7CHF 48.20CHF 539CHF 490.80
8CHF 55.40CHF 616CHF 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.

VBZ tram 10: price for every party size

See ZVV single tickets
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.

IC81 to Interlaken Ost: price for every party size

See the fare on sbb.ch

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