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VBZ tram 10orIR36 to Baden?

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 IR36 to Baden does not. Goes to Baden, not Zurich: it runs through Zürich HB to Baden, on an SBB point-to-point fare rather than the ZVV ticket.

The IR36 to Baden is quicker: 32 min against 35 min. The VBZ tram 10 varies between 34 and 37 minutes.

VBZ tram 10: 05:06–23:51. IR36 to Baden: 05:56–20:56.

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 10IR36 to BadenDifference
1CHF 7.20CHF 18.40CHF 11.20
2CHF 14.40CHF 36.80CHF 22.40
3CHF 21.60CHF 55.20CHF 33.60
4CHF 28.80CHF 73.60CHF 44.80
5CHF 36CHF 92CHF 56
6CHF 41CHF 110.40CHF 69.40
7CHF 48.20CHF 128.80CHF 80.60
8CHF 55.40CHF 147.20CHF 91.80

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
IR36 · SBB, on a point-to-point ticketIR36 to Baden
From
Zürich Flughafen railway station, platforms 1 to 4
To
Baden station, by the old town, in 32 to 34 minutes; via Zürich HB
Luggage
Mainline Swiss trains: racks and standing space by the doors.
Runs
05:56–20:56
Journey
32–34 min

The ticket is SBB's, not ZVV's: Zürich Flughafen to Baden, CHF 18.40 an adult, CHF 9.20 for a child of 6 to 15 or with a Half-Fare card, under-6s free. It is cheaper than the CHF 41.00 to Basel, which the same IR36 goes on to.

One an hour, at :56, from 05:56 to 20:56. After that take any train to Zürich HB and change; the ticket is valid all day on any train along the route.

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.

IR36 to Baden: price for every party size

See the fare on sbb.ch

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