Taxi from Lech to Sargans
Private transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Sargans — 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 Sargans: the price, the car and the pickup
Lech to Sargans: 97 km, around 1 hour 25 minutes.
Need a transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Sargans? 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 Sargans
One of our shortest Swiss runs, and one of the most straightforward: down the Klostertal to Bludenz, past Feldkirch, over the Rhine, and south on the motorway past Buchs to Sargans. No pass anywhere on it, and after Langen it is fast road the whole way.
Liechtenstein sits across the river for the entire second half of the drive — you can see Vaduz from the motorway — but the road stays on the Swiss bank. If the principality is where you are actually going, that is a different transfer and we drive it too.
Sargans is a junction rather than a destination, and that is exactly what people want from it. The line from Zurich meets the line running south into Graubünden here: it is where you change for Chur, and from Chur for Klosters, Davos, Arosa and St. Moritz. If Sargans is only a step on the way somewhere else, tell us the real destination when you ask for a price — we drive the whole way into Graubünden as well.
The Lech to Sargans route on the map
The route from Lech to Sargans, stop by stop
Ninety-seven kilometres, about an hour and twenty-five, and nothing complicated in it. Out of Lech on the Flexenstraße, down the Klostertal to Bludenz, onto the A14 past Feldkirch, over the Rhine and south on the A13. The whole drive descends — from 1,450 metres in Lech to about 480 in Sargans.
There is one slow section and it is the first twenty kilometres. After Langen the road does what the map says it will, which is why this is the route where an arrival time can be given with the least hedging of any on the list.
You will notice the drawing names the border as being north of Liechtenstein. That is deliberate. The two shorter ways to Sargans — 93 and 95 kilometres — both run through the principality on the main road through Schaan and Vaduz, and both are slower than the motorway. We take the motorway.
A junction, not a destination — and what that is worth
Almost nobody spends a holiday in Sargans. They change trains there, and the station is the reason the place is on this list at all. It is a Keilbahnhof — a wedge junction, where two lines meet at an angle — and the two lines are the ones that matter to anybody travelling between the Arlberg and the rest of Switzerland.
The line from Zurich comes in along the Walensee and carries on to Chur: an InterCity every hour from Zurich and Basel, and an InterRegio every hour from Zurich. The second line runs north from here up the Rhine through Buchs and into Austria.
Which means Sargans is a change, not an ending. Chur and from there all of Graubünden go south; Zurich, the airport and everything west go north-west. Tell us where you are really heading and we will say plainly whether Sargans is the right place to hand you over — sometimes it is, and sometimes we should simply drive you the rest of the way.
The railway at Sargans is the same one that runs under the Arlberg
Here is the thing almost nobody puts together. The Railjet between Zurich and Vienna calls at Sargans — four round trips a day — and after Sargans it runs north through Buchs and Feldkirch, up the Klostertal, and through the Arlberg tunnel. It stops at Langen am Arlberg and at St. Anton, twenty minutes from where we collect you.
So Sargans and the Arlberg are on one railway, and the obvious question follows: why drive at all? Sometimes you should not, and we will say so. But the train takes a long way round — north to Feldkirch and back south down the Rhine — while the road goes more or less straight. The car does it in an hour and twenty-five.
And there is the part that never changes: Lech has no station. Whatever you decide, the journey begins with a road transfer down the Flexenstraße to Langen or St. Anton, cases and skis included. Once that is true anyway, the question is only whether you get out at Langen or stay in the car to Sargans.
Heading west: Zurich, Bern, Visp — and Zermatt
Sargans is the station we recommend when the real destination is west rather than south. From here Zurich is about an hour by train, and Zurich opens everything beyond it: Bern, Lausanne, Geneva, and the line down the Rhone valley to Visp.
Zermatt is the clearest case. It is car-free, so the last stretch is by rail from Täsch however you travel — the only question is where you join the railway. Going west from the Arlberg, that is Sargans, then Zurich and Visp. It is nearer than Chur, it is on the way rather than off it, and the fixed price is smaller. Chur is the right choice only if you want the Glacier Express itself, which calls there on its way between St. Moritz and Zermatt.
The same reasoning covers a flight out of Zurich Airport — except that there, more often than not, we should simply drive you to the terminal. Tell us the flight or the train and we will do the arithmetic and tell you which is cheaper for you, not which is longer for us.
- For Zermatt
Sargans, then Zurich and Visp. The last stretch is by rail from Täsch in any case.
- For the Glacier Express
Chur instead — it is on the St. Moritz–Zermatt route. Reserve a seat.
- For Graubünden
Change here for Chur, and from Chur for Davos, Klosters, Arosa, St. Moritz.
- For Zurich Airport
Ask us both prices. Door to terminal is usually the better answer.
Taxi or train from Lech to Sargans?
This is the route where the train case is strongest, so we will put it fairly. If you can get yourself to Langen and the Railjet times suit you, it is a direct train with no changes at all, and for two people it costs a fraction of a car.
Three things decide it the other way. Lech has no station, so you are paying for a transfer to Langen regardless. The Railjet runs four times a day, which is not a timetable you can bend around an early flight or a late arrival. And it goes the long way round while the road goes straight.
Our honest summary: two of you, light, with the Railjet at a civilised hour — take the train, and we will drive you to Langen for it. Four of you with skis, or a connection at six in the morning — stay in the car, and everything that was loaded in Lech comes out at Sargans.
| 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 |
| The route it takes | More or less straight — 97 km | North to Feldkirch, then back south down the Rhine |
| Changes | None | None on the Railjet, one or two otherwise |
| Skis and cases | Loaded once, stay with you | You carry them on and off |
| Arrives at | The station forecourt, or any address | Sargans station |
| Best for | Groups, families, an early or late connection | One or two travelling light |
And back again: from Sargans to Lech
We drive the transfer in both directions, at the same fixed price. Give us the time and the address in Sargans 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 Sargans?
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 far is Sargans from Lech am Arlberg?
About 97 kilometres, and roughly an hour and twenty-five minutes. It is one of our shortest Swiss routes: down the Klostertal, past Feldkirch, over the Rhine and south on the motorway, with no pass anywhere on it.
Does the drive go through Liechtenstein?
No. The motorway runs down the Swiss bank of the Rhine with Liechtenstein on the other side — you can see Vaduz from the road. The two routes that do go through the principality are a few kilometres shorter but slower, so we do not use them. If Vaduz is your destination we drive there directly instead.
Why would we take a taxi to Sargans rather than the train?
Often you would not, if you are travelling light and the times suit — the Railjet from Langen runs there direct. But Lech has no station, so the journey starts with a transfer anyway, the Railjet only runs four times a day, and it goes north to Feldkirch and back south while the road goes straight. For four people with ski equipment, or an early connection, one car the whole way is simpler.
We are going on to Zermatt. Is Sargans the right station?
Usually yes. Zermatt is car-free so the last stretch is by rail from Täsch whatever you do, and the quick way west is Sargans, then Zurich and Visp. Chur is the better choice only if you want the Glacier Express itself. Tell us your destination and we will say which.