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VBZ tram 10orS24 or IR75 train to Zug?

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 S24 or IR75 train to Zug does not. Goes to Zug, not Zurich: it runs on through Zürich HB to Zug, on an SBB point-to-point fare rather than the ZVV ticket.

The VBZ tram 10 is quicker: 35 min against 52 min. The S24 or IR75 train to Zug varies between 47 and 63 minutes.

VBZ tram 10: 05:06–23:51. S24 or IR75 train to Zug: 05:34–00:04.

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 10S24 or IR75 train to ZugDifference
1CHF 7.20CHF 22CHF 14.80
2CHF 14.40CHF 44CHF 29.60
3CHF 21.60CHF 66CHF 44.40
4CHF 28.80CHF 88CHF 59.20
5CHF 36CHF 110CHF 74
6CHF 41CHF 132CHF 91
7CHF 48.20CHF 154CHF 105.80
8CHF 55.40CHF 176CHF 120.60

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
S24IR75 · SBB, on a point-to-point ticketS24 or IR75 train to Zug
From
Zürich Flughafen railway station, platforms 1 to 4
To
Zug station, a few minutes from the old town and the lake, in 47 to 63 minutes; via Zürich HB
Luggage
Mainline Swiss trains: racks and standing space by the doors.
Runs
05:34–00:04
Journey
47–63 min

The ticket is SBB's, not ZVV's: Zürich Flughafen to Zug, CHF 22.00 an adult, CHF 11.00 for a child of 6 to 15 or with a Half-Fare card, under-6s free. It is cheaper than the CHF 31.00 to Lucerne, which the same IR75 goes on to.

The S24 is the all-day train, every half hour; the IR75 is faster but runs hourly at weekends and has gaps on weekdays. The ticket is valid on either.

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.

S24 or IR75 train to Zug: price for every party size

See the fare on sbb.ch

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