Getting around
Getting Around Liechtenstein: A Country Built for the Bus
Liechtenstein is small, and the bus is the easiest way across it: LIEmobil links all eleven municipalities with each other, with the mountain resort of Malbun and with the railway stations just across the Swiss and Austrian borders. A handful of trains stop inside the country, the flat Rhine valley is made for a bike, and a car is optional rather than necessary.
Updated 2026-10-03
Arriving: the stations across the border
There is no airport. The nearest are St. Gallen–Altenrhein (about 50 km), Friedrichshafen (about 85 km) and Zürich (about 115 km). Long-distance trains stop at Sargans and Buchs SG in Switzerland and at Feldkirch in Austria, and LIEmobil buses continue into the country from all three. From Zürich Airport, the train to Sargans or Buchs and the bus into Vaduz take around an hour and a quarter. FlixBus long-distance coaches also stop in Vaduz.
LIEmobil: the bus network
LIEmobil runs the buses that link all eleven municipalities, and its lines cross the borders to Sargans, Buchs SG and Feldkirch. Fares can be paid contactless on board or bought in the SBB Mobile app.
For the mountains, line 21 runs from Vaduz up through Triesenberg to Malbun every day of the year, and extra buses are added in the ski season — check the current timetable for the day you travel.
The Adventure Pass for overnight guests
Guests staying overnight in Liechtenstein receive the WELCOME Adventure Pass. It includes free travel on LIEmobil buses and museum benefits: free entry to the PostMuseum and discounts at the NationalMuseum, the TreasureChamber and the Kunstmuseum. A paid ALL INCLUSIVE version adds further attractions. Day visitors pay the normal fares.
Trains inside the country
A regional line between Feldkirch and Buchs SG crosses the north of Liechtenstein, with stops at Nendeln, Forst Hilti and Schaan-Vaduz. The station called Schaan-Vaduz is in Schaan — Vaduz itself has no station — so the bus finishes the journey into the capital.
Cycling the valley
The Rhine dike carries the Rhine cycle route along the whole western border: flat, car-free and joined to the Swiss and Austrian stretches of the same route. The Liechtenstein section is about 25 kilometres, through flood-plain reserves where herons and beavers live, and takes about one and a half to two hours end to end at an easy pace; buses serve every riverside village, so it works one way with the bus back. Two bridges make it easy to switch banks — the covered Old Rhine Bridge between Vaduz and Sevelen, closed to cars, and the road bridge between Bendern and Haag. The roads up to Triesenberg and Malbun are a serious climb by bike.
Driving and parking
Liechtenstein has no motorways and needs no vignette of its own, but the usual approach does: the Swiss A13 along the far bank of the Rhine, like the Austrian motorways, requires a vignette. By car, the country is about 45 minutes from St. Gallen and about an hour from Zürich. Parking is limited at popular spots such as the Grossabünt bathing lake in Gamprin, where the bus or a bike is the easier choice.