There are 12 ways to get from Inverness to Lucerne by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane INV - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 40mCHF 136–344Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Park and Ridebus
- Take the bus from Park and Ride to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Luzernbus
32h 41mCHF 121–212Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Inverness 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 Luzerntrain Ec / ...
17h 13mCHF 446–781Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lucernecar
19h 35mCHF 403–533Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Basel (BSL)plane INV - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
9h 5mCHF 138–309Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9h 39mCHF 132–377Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ABZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
10h 28mCHF 186–445Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GLA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
9h 50mCHF 167–456Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
10h 24mCHF 139–372Train
- Take the train from Inverness 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 Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
17h 34mCHF 463–709Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
24h 23mCHF 271–486Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lucernecar
20h 36mCHF 287–456
Inverness to Lucerne by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 120 - SFr 220 and takes 32h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 7h 40m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Luzern via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 13m.
The distance between Inverness and Lucerne is 1484 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Lucerne without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 17h 13m and costs SFr 440 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Inverness to Lucerne, including transfers.
Inverness to Lucerne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Lucerne is to train via Strasbourg which takes 17h 13m and costs SFr 440 - SFr 800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 220 and takes 32h 41m.
Lucerne is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 6:54 PM in Inverness and 7:54 PM in Lucerne.
Inverness to Lucerne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Inverness to Luzern via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 17h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Luzern via Park and Ride, London Victoria, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussels-Nord, and Brussels-North train station in around 32h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–360
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
- 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 85–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–280
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–55
- 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 130–220
- 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 85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- 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
- 4 times a day
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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 126
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- CHF 126
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–290
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Park and Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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 7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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