Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph Transfers From €300 per vehicle
Winter and Summer Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg. 110 km, around 1 hour 15 minutes. Ski luggage included. Local St. Anton taxi company.
- Winter Ready 4x4 Vehicles
- Local St. Anton Drivers
- Direct To St. Anton Transfers
- Flight Tracked Pickups
- Free Cancellation Up To 24h
- Skis And Snowboards Free
Private Taxi & Airport Transfers from Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein to St. Christoph am Arlberg
Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg is about 110 km by road and takes around 1 hour 15 minutes. A private transfer with Alpinum Taxi costs from €300 per vehicle, one way — not per person — for up to eight passengers with luggage and ski equipment.
Airport transfers on this route are priced the same in both directions, and the price covers both vignettes, Swiss and Austrian, skis and snowboards, child seats, and the drive to the door of your accommodation. We take no deposit and hold no card details, and you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before pickup.
Alpinum Taxi is a taxi company based in St. Anton am Arlberg. We do not pass work on to anyone: the cars are our own — Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4 — and so are the drivers, experienced local drivers who know these roads.
Altenrhein or St. Gallen — the same airport
The airport is officially Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein, code ACH. It stands at Altenrhein on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance and is named after St. Gallen, the city about twenty kilometres inland. If your ticket says St. Gallen, it is the same place and the same hall — and this is the right page.
The shortest drive to the Arlberg
Altenrhein is one of the two closest airports to St. Christoph: 110 kilometres, effectively level with Innsbruck. The reason is where it stands — at the mouth of the Rhine where it meets Lake Constance, which is to say at the entrance of the valley the drive follows anyway.
Which resort the transfer serves
St. Christoph sits at 1,800 metres, directly on the Arlberg pass road, and it is the highest place we drive to. It is a hamlet rather than a resort — a handful of hotels on the pass, with the skiing of the whole Arlberg starting at the door and St. Anton seven kilometres down the other side.
It shares the Ski Arlberg pass with St. Anton, Stuben, Zürs and Lech: around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts on one ticket. What St. Christoph has that none of the others has is the altitude — you wake up on the pass itself.
Skiing here runs from early December to late April. What the skiing means for the journey in is in our guide to skiing on the Arlberg, and the rest is in what you need to know about the Arlberg.
Winter and summer transfers
Most of our Altenrhein transfers run in winter, when the resort is full and the skiing is on. Summer transfers are quieter, but it is the same road and the same price, and the same private transfers carry walkers and cyclists in July that carry skiers in February.
What a ski transfer carries
A ski transfer is not simply a taxi with skis in it. The rear ski rack takes skis and boards outside the cabin, so eight people and eight ski bags travel in one vehicle instead of two. If you are collecting hired equipment on the way, tell us and we will stop at the ski shop in the resort before your accommodation. What to bring and what travels free is set out on the luggage page.
Most of our winter work is ski transfers. From Altenrhein we drive to all five Arlberg villages: Stuben, Zürs, St. Anton and Lech — around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts, on one pass.
Altenrhein to St. Christoph Transfer: Price, Distance & Journey Time
A private transfer from Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein to St. Christoph am Arlberg costs from €300 per vehicle, one way. The price is for the vehicle and not per person: two of you or eight of you, the figure is the same — in December as in July.
It is fixed before you book and does not move on the day — not for a pickup in the middle of the night, not on a holiday, and not when snow makes the drive longer. Every fare is on the price list, and every route is on the airport transfer page.
Two vignettes are inside the price, not one. The drive begins in Switzerland and ends in Austria, so both are needed — and both are our problem. No Arlberg tunnel toll arises at all: the drive to St. Christoph leaves the S16 at Langen and never enters the tunnel.
If you are comparing quotes, look at what a figure covers. Some operators advertise a low entry price for the smallest vehicle on their list — three passengers, no skis. Our €300 is the price of a vehicle that takes eight people with ski equipment.
| Distance | about 110 km |
|---|---|
| Journey time | around 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Price | from €300 per vehicle, one way |
| Altitude of destination | 1,800 m |
| Passengers | up to 8 with luggage |
| Skis and snowboards | carried free |
| Child seats | no extra charge |
| Vignettes | Swiss and Austrian vignettes included, no tunnel toll |
| Border | Switzerland → Austria, at Höchst |
The Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg Route
The drive begins on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance and ends at 1,800 m. From Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein the road runs south through St. Margrethen to the Rhine.
At Höchst the road crosses the Rhine, and with it the border from Switzerland into Austria. That happens early — a few minutes in, rather than close to the destination.
After that it joins the A14 and passes Bregenz on the south side. The Pfänder tunnel never appears on this route: it lies north of the city, and our drives from Friedrichshafen and Memmingen come from that side and go through it. This one does not.
The A14 follows the Rhine valley past Dornbirn, Hohenems and Rankweil to Feldkirch and on to Bludenz. There the route turns east onto the S16 and climbs into the Klostertal, past Wald am Arlberg and Klösterle to Langen am Arlberg.
At Langen am Arlberg the transfer leaves the S16 before the tunnel portal and climbs through Stuben to Alpe Rauz. There the road divides: north the Flexenstraße goes to Zürs and Lech, east the pass road continues up to St. Christoph at 1,800 metres.
So this is the one arrival of the five where the Arlberg is genuinely climbed rather than avoided — and the destination is the highest point of it. No Arlberg tunnel toll arises, because the tunnel is never entered.
Winter conditions on this road
The last stretch is a pass road at 1,800 metres, and it is the one piece of this journey that asks anything of the vehicle. It is cleared and driven all winter — the hotels up there stay open, and so does the road that serves them — but it is the reason our cars are four-wheel drive on winter tyres with chains aboard from December to April.
Switzerland into Austria: what the border means for your transfer
The border is crossed at Höchst, over the Rhine, a few minutes after setting off. Switzerland and Austria are both in the Schengen area, so you are not normally asked for documents there.
One thing here is different from our German borders: Switzerland is in the Schengen area but not in the EU customs union. Passport checks are not the rule, but a customs check is possible in a way it simply is not between Germany and Austria. Carry the identity document you flew with somewhere you can reach it.
Everything else is our problem. Both vignettes, the Swiss and the Austrian, are inside the fixed price. Nothing is collected from you in the car, and you do not stop at a toll booth with your wallet out.
In practice the border is a road sign and nothing more. You stay seated, the vehicle keeps going, and the luggage is not moved once between the arrivals hall and your accommodation. Anyone covering the same ground by rail changes between two national networks at this border — each time with a ski bag in hand.
Two of our six airports are in Switzerland: Altenrhein and Zurich. Innsbruck is the only one with no border at all; Friedrichshafen and Memmingen are in Germany, where the customs union is the same one.
Where the transfer ends in St. Christoph
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall at Altenrhein, holding a sign with your name on it. It is the smallest airport we drive to: a single hall, with the car parks directly in front of it. A few steps from the door to the vehicle — no walk through two terminals and no train underneath.
We track the flight number you give us when booking. If the flight lands late the pickup moves with it, at no extra charge and without you having to do anything.
We stop in front of your hotel door, on the pass. St. Christoph is small and everything in it stands on the same road, so there is no last part of the journey left for you to arrange.
That matters more here than in a larger village. At 1,800 metres, with ski bags, the difference between being set down at the door and being set down nearby is not a detail — and the same vehicles run the seven kilometres down to St. Anton as a local taxi while you are here, if you want an evening on the other side of the pass.
Why Choose Alpinum Taxi for Altenrhein to St. Christoph Transfers
Most companies selling this route sit neither on Lake Constance nor on the Arlberg — they pass the job on. We drive every transfer ourselves, in our own vehicles and with our own drivers.
We are based seven kilometres from St. Christoph, on the other side of the pass, and that road is the one our drivers are on every day of the winter. When it is snowing at 1,800 metres, the driver knows what the pass is doing today because he came over it this morning.
And the price is settled beforehand. On a drive that crosses a border and needs two vignettes, that is not a detail: you know the figure before you get in, and it covers everything.
What you are buying is a reliable arrival: experienced drivers who are on these roads every day of the winter, a comfortable vehicle that takes eight people and their equipment, and a drive that runs door to door. The same drivers run the transfers from Innsbruck and Zurich — one company and one fleet, a different road.
The vehicle for your Altenrhein to St. Christoph transfer
Picked up at the airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall and walks you to the vehicle.
Skis on the rear rack
Outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag on their knees.
Chains on when the road needs them
Our drivers carry chains all season and fit them themselves.
To the hotel door
We stop in front of your accommodation, not at a drop-off point.
A short drive that ends at 1,800 metres, the highest place we drive to. The Rhine valley motorway does most of it; the pass road above Alpe Rauz does the part that decides which car can do this job in winter.
VW Caravelle T6.1 — Long — 4x4
- Up to 8 passengers
- AWD (4MOTION)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Mercedes Minibus 4x4
- Max. 6 passengers
- AWD (4MATIC)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Skis, snowboards and luggage
Skis and snowboards travel on the rear-door ski rack, outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag across their knees. Ski carriage is free: we charge no equipment supplement the way a shared shuttle does. Boot bags, helmets and suitcases go inside with the rest of the luggage.
Both vehicles: 4x4, winter tyres from November to April, snow chains on board.
Both vehicles are four-wheel drive on winter tyres, with chains on board through the season, and skis travel outside on the rear rack. Up to eight passengers with cases, at one price for the vehicle.
Getting from Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph: Transfer, Train, Bus or Rental Car?
There are four realistic options for getting from Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein to St. Christoph, and which of them is the affordable one depends entirely on how many of you are travelling.
St. Christoph has no railway station. The nearest is St. Anton, seven kilometres down the pass on the Tyrolean side, and the last stretch is by road in any case. A rail journey from Altenrhein also means changing between the Swiss and Austrian networks at the border.
Rail here also brings something our German routes do not: at the border you move between the Swiss and the Austrian networks. With light baggage that is manageable; with a ski bag and a boot bag each, the changes are what decide it, and the last stretch of mountain road is still there at the end.
A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay. If it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves you the winter driving across a border, two vignettes, and the return of the car on the morning of the flight home.
The bus has the most changes on this route and the tightest timetable. It can be cheap; it is never direct.
The four options, side by side
Of the four options, the private transfer is the only one with no change of vehicle: one car, one price, your door. The bus is the cheapest option and the slowest. A rental car pays off only if you intend to drive during the stay rather than park for a week. And the train ends at St. Anton am Arlberg, not in St. Christoph.
Ski groups rarely find the comparison close. Four people travelling with skis pay one fare between them for a private transfer, and every other option charges each of them separately and asks them to carry the equipment between vehicles.
St. Christoph am Arlberg from Altenrhein, Innsbruck, Friedrichshafen & Zurich
St. Christoph am Arlberg is reached from six airports, and we drive from all of them. Altenrhein is one of the two closest, at 110 kilometres.
Distance alone rarely settles it, though. Altenrhein is a small airport with a modest schedule — a direct flight at the right hour from Zurich or Munich can be worth more than eighty kilometres less road. That is exactly why the table is here: so you can compare the drive once the flight is decided.
We drive private transfers from Altenrhein to the other four resorts as well — Stuben, Zürs, St. Anton and Lech — and the same vehicles work as a local taxi and a train station taxi once you are here.
| From airport | km | Journey time | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innsbruck (INN) | 107 km | 1h 20min | €220 |
| Altenrhein (ACH) | 110 km | 1h 15min | €300 |
| Friedrichshafen (FDH) | 130 km | 1h 35min | €380 |
| Memmingen (FMM) | 170 km | 1h 55min | €420 |
| Zurich (ZRH) | 195 km | 2h 15min | €460 |
| Munich (MUC) | 237 km | 3h 5min | €660 |
Return Transfer: St. Christoph am Arlberg to Altenrhein Airport
For a flight from Altenrhein we leave St. Christoph three and a half hours before departure. That covers the 110-kilometre drive, the border and the time you need at the airport, all together. There is nothing to add on top — tell us your flight number and we will give you the pickup time.
For Innsbruck it is three hours, for Friedrichshafen four, for Memmingen four and a half, for Zurich five and for Munich six. Altenrhein sits just behind Innsbruck, because the drive is short and the hall is small.
The return costs the same as the way in: from €300 per vehicle, both vignettes and ski equipment included. We collect you from your accommodation at any hour, including before daylight. Booking the return at the same time as the arrival is the convenient way to do it: one message, one fixed price, both directions.
| Flight from Altenrhein | Pickup in St. Christoph |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | 03:30 |
| 09:00 | 05:30 |
| 11:00 | 07:30 |
| 13:00 | 09:30 |
| 15:00 | 11:30 |
| 17:00 | 13:30 |
| 19:00 | 15:30 |
Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein to St. Christoph am Arlberg — Frequently Asked Questions
How much is an Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein transfer to St. Christoph am Arlberg?
A private transfer from Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg costs from €300 per vehicle, one way. The price is fixed when you book and covers both vignettes, Swiss and Austrian, skis and snowboards, child seats and the drive to the door of your accommodation.
Is the €300 price per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. €300 is the price of the car, not of a seat in it, and it does not change between two passengers and eight. For a family or a ski group that is the whole difference against a shared shuttle, where every passenger pays separately.
Altenrhein or St. Gallen — is it the same airport?
Yes. It is officially Airport St. Gallen–Altenrhein, code ACH. It stands at Altenrhein on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance and is named after St. Gallen, the city about twenty kilometres inland. If your ticket says St. Gallen, this is the right page.
How far is St. Christoph am Arlberg from Altenrhein Airport?
About 110 kilometres by road, ending at 1,800 m. The route runs through St. Margrethen to the Rhine, crosses into Austria at Höchst, joins the A14 down the Rhine valley past Dornbirn and Feldkirch to Bludenz, and then turns east onto the S16 into the Klostertal.
How long does the Altenrhein to St. Christoph transfer take?
Around 1 hour 15 minutes for the 110 kilometres. It is one of the shortest drives to the Arlberg there is — mostly motorway down the Rhine valley, with the mountain road only at the end.
Which airport is closest to St. Christoph?
Innsbruck, at 107 kilometres, with Altenrhein close behind at 110. Then Friedrichshafen at 130 and Zurich at 195. Which one suits you is usually decided by the flight rather than the drive — we drive from all six.
Does the drive cross a border?
Yes, once. Altenrhein Airport is in Switzerland and St. Christoph am Arlberg is in Austria, and the border is crossed over the Rhine at Höchst, shortly after setting off. Both countries are in the Schengen area, so you are not normally asked for documents there.
How is the Swiss border different from the German one?
Switzerland is in the Schengen area but not in the EU customs union. Passport checks are not routine, but a customs check is possible in a way it is not between Germany and Austria. Carry the identity document you flew with somewhere you can reach it rather than at the bottom of a case.
Are the vignettes and tolls included in the price?
Yes, both. The Swiss and the Austrian vignette are inside the €300. No Arlberg tunnel toll arises at all, because the drive to St. Christoph am Arlberg leaves the S16 at Langen and does not use the tunnel.
Does the route go through the Pfänder tunnel?
No, and that is what is unusual about this drive. The Pfänder tunnel is north of Bregenz; the drives from Friedrichshafen and Memmingen come from that side and go through it. From Altenrhein the border is crossed south of it, at Höchst, and the A14 is joined beyond — the tunnel never appears on this route.
Does the transfer go through the Arlberg tunnel?
No. At Langen am Arlberg the drive leaves the S16 before the tunnel portal and takes the mountain road to St. Christoph am Arlberg. Only our St. Anton transfer goes through the tunnel, and only there does the toll arise.
Is a mountain pass crossed on the way?
Yes. St. Christoph sits at 1,800 metres directly on the Arlberg pass road, and the last kilometres from Alpe Rauz climb up to it. It is a main road, cleared and driven all winter.
Where does the driver meet us at Altenrhein Airport?
In the arrivals hall, holding a sign with your name on it. Altenrhein is the smallest airport we drive to: a single hall, with the car parks directly in front of it. It is a few steps from the door to the vehicle — there is nobody to ring and no meeting point to find.
What happens if our flight is late?
We track the flight number you give us when booking, and the pickup moves with the flight at no extra charge. You do not need to call or rebook.
Where exactly does the drive end in St. Christoph?
In front of your accommodation. St. Christoph has no closed streets and the vehicle reaches every house in the village — there is nothing left to carry at the end.
How many passengers and how much luggage fit?
Up to eight passengers with luggage in one vehicle, at one price. Skis and snowboards travel free on the external rear rack, outside the cabin, so eight people and eight ski bags go in one vehicle rather than two.
Are the vehicles suitable for winter roads?
Every vehicle is four-wheel drive on winter tyres, with chains on board through the season: Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4. Most of the route is motorway down the Rhine valley, but the last stretch up to 1,800 m is a mountain road in winter, and that is what the vehicles are chosen for.
Do you charge extra for skis, snowboards or child seats?
No. Skis and snowboards travel free on the rear rack and child seats and boosters are fitted free — just tell us the ages when you book.
Do you drive at night and on holidays?
Yes, at any hour and on any date, at the same fixed price. A pickup at two in the morning on the 25th of December costs what the same journey costs at noon in July.
Can you stop at a ski rental shop on the way?
Yes, tell us when you book. We stop at the ski shop in the resort before your accommodation, so the equipment is fitted before you arrive rather than the next morning.
Can we take the train from Altenrhein Airport to St. Christoph?
St. Christoph has no railway station; the nearest is St. Anton am Arlberg. There is no train from the airport itself, though, and at the border you move between the Swiss and Austrian networks — every change made carrying the luggage yourself.
Is a rental car a good alternative?
It depends on what you do after you arrive. A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay; if it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves the winter driving across a border, two vignettes, and the return of the car on the morning of the flight home.
How do we pay?
By card or in cash, before or after the journey. We agree which when you book: we take no deposit and we store no card details.
Can we book the return to Altenrhein as well?
Yes, and it costs the same in that direction: from €300 per vehicle. For a flight out of Altenrhein we leave St. Christoph three and a half hours before departure, and we ring you the evening before to set the exact time. Say so with the request and both journeys come back in one quote.