There are 14 ways to get from Exeter to Lugano by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)BRS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
7h 40mCHF 79–251Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Lugano
26hCHF 76–176Train via Paris
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich HbTgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to LuganoIc2 / ...
13h 40mCHF 227–683Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Exeter to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lugano
14h 40mFly Exeter to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)EXT - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Lugano
9h 24mCHF 150–365Fly Exeter to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)EXT - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
8h 57mCHF 84–292Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)BRS - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
7h 53mCHF 78–236Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LHR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
8h 53mCHF 146–400Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)LGW - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
9h 41mCHF 97–374Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LHR - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Lugano
8h 54mCHF 152–493Train to London City Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)LCY - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Lugano
9h 9mCHF 134–432Train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Take the train from Zürich HB to LuganoIc2 / ...
22h 24mCHF 297–884Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals501 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse
- Take the train from Basel SBB to LuganoEc
29h 24mCHF 81–256Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Exeter to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Lugano
15h 42mCHF 235–353
Exeter to Lugano by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Exeter to Lugano is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 180 and takes 26h.
The fastest way to get from Exeter to Lugano is to train and fly which takes 7h 40m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Exeter to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Bampfylde Street and arriving at Lugano via London Victoria and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h.
No, there is no direct train from Exeter to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Exeter St Davids and arriving at Lugano via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 40m.
The distance between Exeter and Lugano is 1267 km.
The best way to get from Exeter to Lugano without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 40m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Exeter to Lugano, including transfers.
Exeter to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bampfylde Street station.
Exeter to Lugano train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Exeter St Davids station.
The best way to get from Exeter to Lugano is to train via Paris which takes 13h 40m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 180 and takes 26h.
What companies run services between Exeter, England and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Exeter St Davids to Lugano via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 13h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bampfylde Street to Lugano via London Victoria and Luxembourg in around 26h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Exeter to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Exeter to Milano Malpensa Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Exeter to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–420
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–490
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Exeter to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–600
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 42–44
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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 75–290
- 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 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- 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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- CHF 60–90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 150–250
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–430
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 120–180
- 1st Class
- CHF 260–430
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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 27–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- 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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Exeter to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lugano is 1h ahead of Exeter. It is currently 6:15 PM in Exeter and 7:15 PM in Lugano.
Exeter to Lugano train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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