Travel Luzern to Paris

Randy, Do not consider flying on that route, as it's a very easy trip by train. Also, you don't need to go to Zürich. You can obtain rail travel information using either the bahn.de or sbb.ch websites. On that route, my choice would be a train departing Lucerne at 10:54, arriving Paris Lyon at 15:37 (time 4H:43M, 1 change at Basel SBB, reservations compulsory). When you depart Basel, you'll be riding on the TGV, which travels at ~300 kmH! You can buy your tickets for the trip to Paris when you arrive in Lucerne. As I recall, the ticket office is downstairs from track level. The agent will probably provide a nice printed Itinerary, in addition to the tickets. A few points to note regarding the station in Basel. There are actually two parts to the station, an older part for regional trains and a newer part for the "fast" trains (I believe that's the SBB part). You'll be arriving and departing from the SBB area, but you may have to go upstairs to the elevated walkway to get from one platform to another. The information I'm viewing shows arrival from Lucerne on Platform 5, but doesn't indicate departure platform for the TGV. One other point is that ONLY pay McClean WC's are available in Basel station. You'll need Swiss Franc's (coins) to use the facilities as they DON'T accept Euro's (I've found that out from experience). That departure time will allow you to enjoy the breakfast at your Hotel, and still arrive in Paris at a good time for Hotel check-in. Happy travels!

Thanks... Good suggestions. We were trying to avoid duplicating our path as we exit Switzerland...
Do you normally pay for 1st class on this route ?

If you are thinking of traveling in first class, you might want to purchase your tickets now on SBB. They are still selling Special Offer tickets for the dates I checked in mid-July. Fare in first class is 175 CHF instead of the regular fare of 270 CHF. Second Class is 135 CHF with the Special Offer, 160 CHF for regular fare.

hi! I have quite a similar trip as this post. # of travellers: 2 date: october 2013 country of residence: Philippines My route are as follows: Route 1. Rome - Murren (we'll stay there 4 days) *via Milan & Spiez Route 2. Murren - luzerne (we'll stay there 3 days) Route 3. Luzerne - Paris I want to know: 1. HOw I can get the cheapest ticket. - i'm trying to consider the Swiss Flexi Pass but I'm not sure which of the cities are valid for the Swiss Pass. The link "Overview of the network on which the Swiss Pass is valid" in http://www.myswissalps.com/swisspass.asp?lang=EN always fails to load - I'm also not sure if Luzerne-Paris is valid for the Swiss Pass 2. I tried looking for the fare of luzerne-paris trip via bahn.de but it says that online purchase is not allowed. I checked it via sbb.ch and i received the following message: ""Bookings are not possible for your journey. Possible reasons for this: - train is cancelled due to construction works - train is fully booked - the desired class is fully booked You have the following options: - Choose another connection.""
Is there any other way that we can book a flight going to paris from luzern? Thanks!