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.
Travelers
VBZ tram 10
S24 or IR75 train to Zug
Difference
1
CHF 7.20
CHF 22
CHF 14.80
2
CHF 14.40
CHF 44
CHF 29.60
3
CHF 21.60
CHF 66
CHF 44.40
4
CHF 28.80
CHF 88
CHF 59.20
5
CHF 36
CHF 110
CHF 74
6
CHF 41
CHF 132
CHF 91
7
CHF 48.20
CHF 154
CHF 105.80
8
CHF 55.40
CHF 176
CHF 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.
S24/IR75 · 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.
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