Taxi from Lech to Chur
Private transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Chur — 24/7, door to door, fixed price on request.
- Fixed price per vehicle
- Door to door
- 24/7 available
- Winter-ready 4×4
- Ski equipment included
- Spacious — up to 8 passengers
- Experienced local drivers
- Direct operator, not an agent
Taxi from Lech to Chur: the price, the car and the pickup
Lech to Chur: 120 km, around 1 hour 40 minutes.
Need a transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Chur? We collect you at your hotel, chalet or apartment and drive you there without changes and without stops on the way — one vehicle, your group, nobody else — no shared shuttle and no waiting for strangers to be collected first.
Our vehicles are winter-ready 4x4s with ski racks and plenty of space for up to 8 passengers with luggage, driven by experienced local drivers who are on these roads every day of the season. Skis and snowboards travel at no extra charge, and child seats are fitted free.
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle and one way, not per person.
Leaving Lech means the Flexenstraße first
Every drive out of Lech begins the same way, wherever it is going: over Zürs and along the Flexenstraße to the Alpe Rauz, then down to Stuben and Langen. About twenty kilometres, and they are the part a distance calculator underestimates — galleries, bends and speed limits, not fast road.
When there is avalanche risk the Flexenstraße is closed, and then there is no way round. It is the only road out of Lech in that direction. Guests stay the night in Stuben, Langen or St. Anton and travel on the next morning, usually after eight, once the road opens.
That is not small print, it is the reason we set off earlier than the arithmetic needs on a long drive. We can see in the morning how the road is, and we would rather tell you the evening before to start half an hour earlier than promise an arrival time that depends on a barrier. Getting you there on time is what the margin is for, and it is the one thing a reliable transfer has to get right.
Where we pick you up in Lech
The transfer starts at your door. Where a vehicle can reach it we collect there; where it cannot, at an agreed point nearby.
- Lech village
No restricted streets here — we pull up at the hotel door like anywhere else.
- Oberlech
Three ways in, depending on the building: the Oberlechbahn valley station, the Umschlaghalle and your hotel’s own tunnel, or the whole way up by road. Reception knows which is yours.
- Zug near Lech
Reached directly, a few minutes up the valley beyond Lech.
- Zürs am Arlberg
On the road out in any case — a pickup there costs no detour.
The road on to Chur
The most straightforward drive on this list: down the Klostertal to Bludenz, past Feldkirch, over the Rhine into Switzerland, south through Buchs and Sargans and along the river to Chur. No pass anywhere on it, and motorway or main road for everything after Langen.
That leaves exactly one slow section, and it is the first twenty kilometres — the Flexenstraße out of Lech. Once you are down at Langen the arithmetic behaves itself, which is why this is one of the few routes where an arrival time can be given with some confidence.
Chur is the capital of Graubünden and the hub the whole canton hangs off. This is where the Rhaetian Railway network begins: the Arosa line, the Albula line to St. Moritz, the run west towards Disentis. Most people who ask us for Chur are going to the station rather than staying — if that is you, give us the train and we work the pickup back from it.
The Lech to Chur route on the map
The route from Lech to Chur, stop by stop
The drawing is short because the drive is. Out of Lech on the Flexenstraße, down the Klostertal to Bludenz, past Feldkirch, over the Rhine, and then south along the valley through Buchs, Sargans and Landquart into Chur. Nothing on it climbs — the whole drive descends, from 1,450 metres in Lech to about 590 in Chur.
Compare it with the page next door and you can see what an hour of mountain road costs. Arosa follows this exact route as far as Chur and then turns uphill: 37 kilometres further, and roughly forty-five minutes longer. Same road, same weather, entirely different journey.
For you that means Chur is the easy one. The margin we build in is for the Flexenstraße at the start and for traffic around Feldkirch in the middle — after that the road does what the map says it will.
Lech to Chur railway station: tell us the train, not the time
Most of the Chur transfers we drive end at the station, not at a hotel. Chur is where the Rhaetian Railway network starts, and people come down from the Arlberg to join it — for the Albula line, for Disentis, for a connection on towards the rest of Switzerland.
So do not work out the pickup time yourself. Tell us the departure you have to make and we set the pickup from it, with the margin on our side rather than yours. Train at 13:30 out of Chur? Say 13:30. We know what the Flexenstraße can do in the morning and what Feldkirch does at the wrong hour, and we would rather build that in than watch you do the arithmetic and lose.
Everything gets loaded once, in front of your hotel in Lech, and comes out again on the station forecourt. No bus down the valley, no change at Langen with the cases, no lifting skis onto a platform. That is the whole of the argument, and on a travel day with a booked train it is usually enough.
Going on to Zermatt from Lech or St. Anton?
Zermatt is car-free, so however you travel the last part is by train from Täsch — which means the question is only ever where you join the railway. Guests on the Arlberg ask us about Chur for this, and there is a good reason for it: Chur is on the Glacier Express route between St. Moritz and Zermatt, and if that famous ride is the point of the day, Chur is where you get on. Seats have to be reserved, and the line takes its annual break in late autumn, so check both before you plan around it.
If you simply want to be in Zermatt, we will tell you the shorter answer. The quick way from the Arlberg is west and then south — via Zurich and Visp — and the natural station to hand you over at is Sargans rather than Chur. It is nearer, it is on the way rather than off it, and the fixed price is smaller. We would rather say that than sell you the longer drive.
Either way the front half is the same and it is the part worth buying: we collect you at your door in Lech or in St. Anton, the cases and the skis go in once, and they come out on the station forecourt. Tell us which station and which departure, and we will say plainly whether Chur is the right one for your day.
- For the Glacier Express
Chur is on the St. Moritz–Zermatt route. Reserve a seat, and check the season.
- For getting there quickly
Sargans, then Zurich and Visp. Nearer than Chur and on the way, not off it.
- Zermatt is car-free
The last stretch is by rail from Täsch whichever way you come.
- From Lech or St. Anton
Door to door either side of the Arlberg, same fixed price per vehicle.
Chur itself, if you are staying
Chur calls itself the oldest town in Switzerland, and the old quarter behind the station makes the case better than the slogan does: a small, walkable centre of lanes and squares under the cathedral, with the mountains standing directly behind it. At about 590 metres it is the low point of everything on this list — after a week at 1,450 in Lech, the difference is noticeable in the first hour.
It is also the working capital of Graubünden rather than a resort, which is its own recommendation in the middle of a ski week: shops that are not ski shops, restaurants that are open because people live there, and a wet afternoon that has somewhere to go.
One small thing worth seeing for free: the Arosabahn leaves the station and runs through the streets of the town on grooved rails, alongside the traffic, before it starts to climb. It has done that since 1914, and it still surprises people who are standing at the kerb when it happens.
Taxi or train from Lech to Chur?
Chur is genuinely well served by rail, and we are not going to pretend otherwise: from Langen or St. Anton it is a change or two down the valley and you are there. For two people with a rucksack each it is cheaper than we are and it is a pleasant ride.
The catch is the same one as always. Lech has no station. A rail journey starts with a road transfer down the Flexenstraße whatever you do, so the comparison is never train against car — it is train-plus-transfer against car. And if you are going to Chur to catch something else, the changes come at exactly the wrong moment: with the cases already out and a connection to make.
Four people, four cases and skis, with a booked departure at the far end? Take the car. Two of you, light, with the afternoon free? Take the train and enjoy the valley.
| Private transfer | Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Your door in Lech | Langen or St. Anton — Lech has no station |
| Getting to the train | Not needed | A transfer down the Flexenstraße first |
| Changes | None | Usually one or two on the way down the valley |
| Skis and cases | Loaded once, stay with you | You carry them at every change |
| Arrives at | The station forecourt, or your hotel | Chur station |
| Departure time | Yours | The timetable’s |
| Best for | Groups, families, a booked connection | One or two travelling light |
And back again: from Chur to Lech
We drive the transfer in both directions, at the same fixed price. Give us the time and the address in Chur when you ask, and a car is there for it — late at night and early in the morning included.
If you already know you are coming back, ask for both directions at once: the car is then allocated to both, and booking early costs you nothing extra.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a transfer from Lech to Chur?
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle for up to 8 passengers, not per person. Send us the pickup address, the date, the time and how many of you there are, and you get the binding price back before you commit to anything.
How do I pay for the ride?
You pay the driver directly, in cash or by card — Visa and Mastercard are accepted. The price is fixed per vehicle and confirmed when you book, so you know the full amount before the journey starts.
Do you collect from Oberlech and Zug as well?
Yes. In Oberlech the meeting point depends on how your building is reached: at the Oberlechbahn valley station, at the Umschlaghalle if your hotel has a tunnel of its own, or the whole way up if the road goes there. Tell us what reception told you. Zug we reach directly.
Do you drive at night and early in the morning?
Yes, around the clock. For a departure before six in the morning, book the day before so the driver and the vehicle are already allocated.
How long does Lech to Chur take?
About an hour and forty minutes for 120 kilometres. It is one of the easier drives on this list — main road and motorway nearly all of it, and no pass to cross once you are down the Klostertal. The only slow part is the Flexenstraße out of Lech.
Can you take us straight to Chur railway station?
Yes, and that is where most of these transfers end. Give us the departure you have to make rather than the time you would like to leave, and we set the pickup from it with a margin for the Flexenstraße — the one part of this drive that can hold you up.
We are travelling on to Zermatt. Is Chur the right station?
It is if you want the Glacier Express, which runs between St. Moritz and Zermatt and calls at Chur — reserve a seat and check the season. If you just want to reach Zermatt, the quicker way is via Zurich and Visp, and Sargans is the nearer station to be dropped at. Tell us where you are really going and we will say which one is right.
Why is Chur so much quicker than Arosa when they are on the same road?
Because Arosa carries on past it. The two routes are identical as far as Chur; from there the Schanfiggerstrasse climbs about 1,280 metres in thirty kilometres of bends. That last stretch is 37 kilometres and roughly forty-five minutes.