There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Zug by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
5h 43mCHF 93–250Train via Strasbourg
- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
12h 48mCHF 397–852Bus
- 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 to Zürichbus
26h 16mCHF 126–210Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zugcar
17h 5mCHF 362–474Fly Edinburgh Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7hCHF 110–276Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GLA - ZRH
6h 47mCHF 109–301Train
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
13h 18mCHF 407–678Bus via Ghent
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 598 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Zurichbus
30h 47mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zugcar
18h 6mCHF 246–395
Edinburgh to Zug by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Zug is to fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 250 and takes 5h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Zug is to fly which takes 5h 43m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Zug. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Zürich via London Victoria and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Zug. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Zug via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Basel SBB and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 48m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Zug is 1299 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Zug without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 12h 48m and costs SFr 390 - SFr 850.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Edinburgh to Zug, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Zug bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Zug train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Zug is to fly which takes 5h 43m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can train via Strasbourg, which costs SFr 390 - SFr 850 and takes 12h 48m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 210 and takes 26h 16m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Zug, Switzerland?
easyJet, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Zug via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, and Zürich HB in around 12h 48m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- 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 140–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–240
- 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 130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 127
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- CHF 127
- Phone
- +44 (0)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 22–45
- 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 10–18
- 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 14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Zug bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Zug is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:17 AM in Edinburgh and 1:17 AM in Zug.
Edinburgh to Zug train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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