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4.6Travel optionsfrom Frankfurt am Main to Locarno
How to get to Locarno from Frankfurt am Main by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Locarno is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
FlixBus · FlixBus18:4010h10Frankfurt am Main, Flughafen Frankfurt (Terminal 1 - Busparkplatz P36)4:50Lugano, Via Ciani£371One-way1 change
Cheapest
- FlixBus · FlixBus18:4010h10Frankfurt am Main, Flughafen Frankfurt (Terminal 1 - Busparkplatz P36)4:50Lugano, Via Ciani£371One-way1 change
Fastest
U2542820:101h10Frankfurt am Main Airport21:20Milan Linate Airport£571One-way0 changes
Other options
ICE 277 · IR 2323 · IC 873 · S 208:506h25Frankfurt (Main) Hbf15:15Locarno station£471One-way3 changes- ICE 593 · ICE 103 · IC 675 · S 209:506h25Frankfurt (Main) Hbf16:15Locarno station£471One-way3 changes
- ICE 277 · IR 2323 · IC 873 · S 208:506h30Frankfurt (Main) Hbf15:20Locarno, Debarcadero£471One-way4 changes
- FlixBus20:008h50Frankfurt, Stuttgarter Straße (Fermomnibusbahnhof)4:50Lugano, Via Ciani£391One-way0 changes
- FlixBus · FlixBus1:4017h20Frankfurt, Stuttgarter Straße (Fermomnibusbahnhof)19:00Arbedo-Castione, Via Stazione (FS)£441One-way1 change
- FlixBus · FlixBus0:4018h20Frankfurt, Stuttgarter Straße (Fermomnibusbahnhof)19:00Arbedo-Castione, Via Stazione (FS)£481One-way1 change
- U254049:101h10Frankfurt am Main Airport10:20Milan Linate Airport£651One-way0 changes
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AF15199:4513h15Frankfurt am Main Airport23:00Milan Malpensa Airport£1241One-way1 change- AF1130+AF10197:0515h55Frankfurt am Main Airport23:00Milan Malpensa Airport£1251One-way1 change
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FAQs: Frankfurt am Main to Locarno
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This is compared to other travel options from Frankfurt am Main to Locarno:
A coach is £55 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Frankfurt am Main to Locarno costing on average £101.
A coach is £79 less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Locarno costing on average £124.
Other travel options to Locarno take longer:
Train takes on average 7h 22m.
Coach takes on average 12h 23m.
- Around 55 flights per day.
- Around 12 trains per day.
- Around 7 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Frankfurt am Main and Locarno as scheduled services by train, coach and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Coaches mostly depart from Frankfurt, Stuttgarter Straße (Fermomnibusbahnhof) and arrive in Lugano, Via Ciani.
- Flights mostly depart from Frankfurt am Main Airport and arrive in Milan Malpensa Airport.
- Trains mostly depart from Frankfurt (Main) Hbf and arrive in Locarno station.
- Travel with Deutsche Bahn, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) to go to Locarno by train.
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