There are 6 ways to get from Lausanne to Colombo by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane GVA - CMB
15h 56mRs 114,772–182,263Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lausanne to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane MXP - CMB
19h 19mRs 112,554–258,942Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane ZRH - CMB
15h 9mRs 122,239–220,886Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Oltentrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BSL - CMB
19h 54mRs 114,280–224,692Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane LYS - CMB
20h 31mRs 142,741–298,183Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lausanne to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)plane BGY - CMB
20h 25mRs 120,654–208,242
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Colombo is to train and fly which costs Rs. 110000 - Rs. 190000 and takes 15h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Colombo is to train and fly which takes 15h 9m and costs Rs. 120000 - Rs. 230000.
The distance between Lausanne and Colombo is 8286 km.
It takes approximately 15h 56m to get from Lausanne to Colombo, including transfers.
Colombo is 4h 30m ahead of Lausanne. It is currently 2:39 AM in Lausanne and 7:09 AM in Colombo.
There are 1462+ hotels available in Colombo.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Colombo, Sri Lanka?
There is no direct connection from Lausanne to Colombo. However, you can take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), then take the taxi to Colombo. Alternatively, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), then take the taxi to Colombo.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–400,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–370,000
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–370,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–340,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–410,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–330,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–240,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–140,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 65,000–200,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 110,000–380,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–350,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–320,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–340,000
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–360,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 95,000–350,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Basel to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 130,000–370,000
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rs 120,000–330,000
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Rs 90,000–250,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–210,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–240,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 75,000–220,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rs 100,000–160,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bandaranaike International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rs 80,000–310,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 6,000–12,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rs 18,000–30,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 13,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 5,000–10,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,300–2,900
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,100–3,900
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Rs 3,020
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rs 7,500–23,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Rs 16,000–23,000
- 2nd Class
- Rs 7,500–10,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rs 10,000–13,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 2,800–3,700
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rs 1,500–6,000
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- Rs 4,700–6,000
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