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VBZ tram 10orN10 night bus?

The short answer

For one traveler they cost the same. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The N10 night bus is quicker: 27 min against 35 min. The VBZ tram 10 varies between 34 and 37 minutes.

VBZ tram 10: 05:06–23:51. N10 night bus: 01:39–03:39, Friday and Saturday nights only.

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 10N10 night busDifference
1CHF 7.20CHF 7.20same
2CHF 14.40CHF 14.40same
3CHF 21.60CHF 21.60same
4CHF 28.80CHF 28.80same
5CHF 36CHF 36same
6CHF 41CHF 41same
7CHF 48.20CHF 48.20same
8CHF 55.40CHF 55.40same

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
tram · 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
bus · VBZ, ZVV night networkN10 night bus
From
The bus stop "Zürich Flughafen, Bahnhof" outside the terminal, by the railway station
To
Zürich, Bahnhofplatz/HB in 27 minutes, via Sternen Oerlikon in 12
Luggage
A city bus; no racks.
Runs
01:39–03:39
Journey
27 min

Friday and Saturday nights only. On a Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday night this bus does not run and nothing else from the airport reaches the city between 00:42 and 05:00.

Even on the nights it runs there is nothing between the 00:42 last train and its 01:39 first departure, and nothing to the main station between 03:39 and the 05:00 first train.

The 04:09 and 04:39 go only as far as Sternen Oerlikon. From there tram 10 does not start until 05:06.

No night supplement: the same CHF 7.20 ticket as by day. Buy it in the ZVV app or at a machine before boarding, as the tariff directs.

N10 night bus: price for every party size →

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