There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
4h 51mCHF 63–165Fly Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EDI - GVA
5h 17mCHF 62–186Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
12h 53mCHF 220–538Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Zurichbus
26h 23mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zurichcar
16h 37mFly Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
5h 9mCHF 72–208Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GLA - GVA
6h 7mCHF 76–277Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane EDI - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
7h 30mCHF 76–220Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Zurich Bus Stationbus 299
26h 34mCHF 77–206Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zurichcar
17h 38mCHF 267–389
Edinburgh to Switzerland by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland is to fly which costs SFr 60 - SFr 170 and takes 4h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 170.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 53m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Switzerland is 1209 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland without a car is to train which takes 12h 53m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 4h 51m to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Switzerland train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Switzerland is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 220 - SFr 550 and takes 12h 53m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 210 and takes 26h 34m.
Switzerland is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:12 AM in Edinburgh and 4:12 AM in Switzerland.
Edinburgh to Switzerland train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Switzerland?
easyJet, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Zürich Stadelhofen via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 12h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 120–160
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–19
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–19
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- CHF 220–250
- Sleeper Seat
- CHF 65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- CHF 240–280
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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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