There are 14 ways to get from Bristol to Locarno by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BRS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 5mCHF 51–248Train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lausannetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lausanne to Locarnotrain Ic
15h 42mCHF 303–779Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 040 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausannebus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Locarnotrain Ic
27h 57mCHF 193–509Train, night train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
24h 37mCHF 264–779Fly Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
6h 55mCHF 117–303Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LHR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
8h 33mCHF 143–442Fly Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BRS - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
7h 54mCHF 59–168Fly Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarnotrain
10h 31mCHF 162–533Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LGW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
9h 33mCHF 97–361Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LTN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
9h 11mCHF 107–349Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
8h 28mCHF 184–407Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 040 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train stationbus
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus 171
34h 3mCHF 123–234Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bristol to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Locarnocar
13h 46mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bristol to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Locarnocar
14h 53mCHF 196–301
Bristol to Locarno by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 50 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 6h 55m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct bus from Bristol station to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via London Victoria, Munich central bus station, Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Bristol to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Locarno via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy and Lausanne. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 42m.
The distance between Bristol and Locarno is 1179 km.
The best way to get from Bristol to Locarno without a car is to train which takes 15h 42m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Bristol to Locarno, including transfers.
Bristol to Locarno bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Bristol to Locarno train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The best way to get from Bristol to Locarno is to train which takes 15h 42m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 240 and takes 34h 3m.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bristol Temple Meads to Locarno via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, and Lausanne in around 15h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Locarno, Debarcadero via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Munich central bus station, Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 34h 3m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–95
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- 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 25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- 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 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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 16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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 5–14
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Bristol to Locarno bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Locarno is 1h ahead of Bristol. It is currently 9:39 AM in Bristol and 10:39 AM in Locarno.
Bristol to Locarno train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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