If you're an overnight hotel guest, use the free Lucerne Guest Card for travel within the city zone; otherwise tap your contactless bank card at a VBL ticket machine, or use the FAIRTIQ/SBB EasyRide app to check in and out automatically.
Getting to the start
Marathon & Half-Marathon start at Haldenstrasse 28, 6006 Luzern (lakeside, near Verkehrshaus)
From Luzern Bahnhof: free ship shuttle from Bahnhofquai Bridge 5 (~30min, every 12min),
or S3/Voralpenexpress train to Verkehrshaus (~20min), or walk along the lake (~25min).
The separate 10km race starts at Ringstrasse 3, 6048 Horw, via train S4/S5 to Horw (15min), Bus 20 (25min), or on foot (50min).
Public transport strongly recommended;
registered participants receive a free Swiss Runners Ticket valid throughout Switzerland via SBB, vbl and SGV race day.
No private-vehicle parking provided.
Getting to the finish
Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, Lidostrasse 5, 6006 Luzern — same access options as the marathon/half start
Finish area reachable by the same ship shuttle, S3/VAE train, or lakeside walk as the start.
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Free ship shuttle between Luzern Bahnhofquai (Bridge 5) and Verkehrshaus-Lido,
departing every 12 minutes 07:00-16:45 race day, open to runners, spectators and the general public.
IC card
SwissPass (optional, for residents/frequent travelers — not needed for a short visit)
swisspass.ch (online registration)
Works directly at the gates
Alternative: Lucerne Guest Card (Visitor Card) Free with any overnight paid stay (issued by your accommodation) —
Automatically worth using if staying overnight in Lucerne — gives free 2nd-class bus/train travel within Zone 10 (covers the whole city).
Ask your accommodation for it;
it cannot be purchased separately.
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Like the rest of Switzerland, Lucerne's VBL network is a gate-free, proof-of-payment system —
no physical tap barriers, but ticket machines accept contactless bank card payment and the FAIRTIQ app calculates and charges the cheapest fare automatically,
including capping at a day-pass price if you ride enough.
