There are 11 ways to get from Bristol to Lausanne by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly from Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)BRS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
5h 18mCHF 51–200Bus via Paris
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lausanne479
20h 26mCHF 49–207Train via Lille
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv RoissyTgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to LausanneTgv
10h 23mCHF 216–830Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bristol to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lausanne
11h 21mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)BHX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
6h 35mCHF 82–290Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)LHR - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
6h 49mCHF 128–424Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)LGW - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
7h 46mCHF 107–321Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)LTN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
7h 32mCHF 104–375Train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to LausanneTgv
11h 5mCHF 164–644Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals040 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
21h 11mCHF 49–207Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bristol to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Lausanne
12h 24mCHF 191–284
Bristol to Lausanne by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Lausanne is to bus via Paris which costs SFr 45 - SFr 210 and takes 20h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 5h 18m and costs SFr 50 - SFr 200.
No, there is no direct bus from Bristol station to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Lausanne via London Victoria and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Bristol to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Lausanne via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 23m.
The distance between Bristol and Lausanne is 944 km.
The best way to get from Bristol to Lausanne without a car is to train via Lille which takes 10h 23m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 850.
It takes approximately 5h 18m to get from Bristol to Lausanne, including transfers.
Bristol to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Bristol to Lausanne train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The best way to get from Bristol to Lausanne is to train via Lille which takes 10h 23m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 850. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 210 and takes 20h 26m.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Lausanne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bristol Temple Meads to Lausanne via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy in around 10h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Lausanne via London Victoria, Paris, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 20h 26m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–29
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–60
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 70–180
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Bristol to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lausanne is 1h ahead of Bristol. It is currently 4:57 AM in Bristol and 5:57 AM in Lausanne.
Bristol to Lausanne train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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