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Has anyone done the trek from Zurich Airport to Lech via Swiss Rail?
Was it easy, or a pain in the backside?
I have heard that the trainstop for Lech is a few miles from the resort itself. This means you have to pay extra taxi fees and lug baggage around at the end of the journey.
Is this true?
Is it easier to go by coach, rather than train, from Zurich airport to Lech?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whitegold,
Zurich to St Anton is the main line through to Innsbruck and beyond. I imagine you would have to get off at St A and get a cab round
which is more than a few miles. If there is a nearer station, around Stuben, then you would have to check to see if the train stops there.
As transfers go, I wouldn't think St A to Lech is the worst though. Hopefully someone more specific will be along soon
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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There is a station just before Stuben which you can get a post bus connection to Lech can't remember the name of the station about 20 minutes onto Lech I think. Alternatively at weekends there are coaches that run directly to Lech from Zurich airport called the Arlberg express they also run to St Anton. The Lech website will fill you in on both options.
PS In Lech itself there is a fairly inexpensive shared taxi service called 'James' that runs in the evenings.
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Do a web search on Arlberg Express. When we went to Lech, we went by bus directly from the Zurich airport to Lech (also goes to Zuers and St. Anton). Very convenient.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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try the Swiss railway cause the have quite a good link from Zurich to St Anton www.sbb.ch/en/[/url]
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There's a station in St Anton - as you now know.
It's not far at all from St. Anton to Lech - maybe 30 mins on the bus?
We were using the bus regularly to get between St Anton and Lech in Jan because I really liked the skiing in Zurs. True, on the way there, we'd tend to ski St Anton to Stuben and grab the free bus on to Zurs but at the end of the day we'd always stop for a drink in Lech and jump on the bus back to St Anton. Very easy journey - in the day time.
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Thanks, people. Very useful.
Based on your responses, plus my Web research, it looks like Langen is the nearest train station. Then it is a 15km ride to Lech by taxi or perhaps bus.
However, it appears coach travel may be easier and cheaper. No need to change en route, and it goes directly into the heart of Lech.
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Whitegold, my brother and sister-in-law picked up a fast coach at Zurich that went straight to Lech - I would research this if I were you. Sorry don't know which company but probably the airport's website will give you some ideas.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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All, thanks.
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