There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Zurich by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane INV - ZRH
7h 17mCHF 119–321Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- 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
8h 56mCHF 106–310Train
- 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 Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
16h 52mCHF 413–677Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- 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 Gare Centrale to Zurich Bus Stationbus
30h 24mCHF 121–199Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zurichcar
19h 27mFly 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 Zürich HBtrain
10h 17mCHF 137–319Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GLA - ZRH
8h 52mCHF 139–386Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ABZ - ZRH
9h 47mCHF 189–389Train, 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 Zürich HBtrain
10h 5mCHF 129–408Train, 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-North Station to Zurichbus
25h 11mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zurichcar
20h 33mCHF 272–445
Inverness to Zurich by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 120 - SFr 200 and takes 30h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Zurich is to fly which takes 7h 17m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, Hollerich, P+R Bouillon and Luxembourg Gare Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Zuerich Hb via London St Pancras Intl and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
The distance between Inverness and Zurich is 1432 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Zurich without a car is to train which takes 16h 52m and costs SFr 410 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 7h 17m to get from Inverness to Zurich, including transfers.
Inverness to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Zurich train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Zurich is to fly which takes 7h 17m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 410 - SFr 700 and takes 16h 52m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 200 and takes 30h 24m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Zurich, Switzerland?
KLM, British Airways, and easyJet fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Inverness to Zuerich Hb via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 16h 52m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–430
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
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 100–200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–470
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
- 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 85–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- 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 170–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- 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 130–230
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- +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 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–280
- 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 Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg Gare Centrale to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- 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
- +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
- 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 20–29
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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 6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 5:27 AM in Inverness and 6:27 AM in Zurich.
Inverness to Zurich train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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