There are 13 ways to get from Leeds to Lugano by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MAN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 53mCHF 49–161Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
13h 42mCHF 304–713Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Luganobus
24h 30mCHF 97–178Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Luganocar
14h 59mFly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane LBA - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
9h 12mCHF 114–275Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane MAN - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
8hCHF 76–274Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 56mCHF 133–394Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane MAN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
8h 30mCHF 60–200Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BHX - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 10mCHF 110–301Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane MAN - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 55mCHF 83–282Train via Paris
- Take the train from Leeds 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 Luganotrain Ec
13h 58mCHF 307–716Train, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Zurichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ec / ...
25h 37mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Luganocar
16h 5mCHF 214–348
Leeds to Lugano by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Lugano is to train and fly which costs SFr 45 - SFr 170 and takes 7h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Lugano is to train and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 170.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds station to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station and arriving at Lugano via London Victoria and Brussels - Midi Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Lugano via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 42m.
The distance between Leeds and Lugano is 1331 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Lugano without a car is to train which takes 13h 42m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Leeds to Lugano, including transfers.
Leeds to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Leeds to Lugano train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Lugano is to train which takes 13h 42m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 180 and takes 24h 30m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Leeds to Lugano via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 13h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Lugano via London Victoria and Brussels - Midi Train Station in around 24h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Manchester Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–85
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–400
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- 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 Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 9–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–15
Train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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 19–29
- 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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Leeds to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lugano is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 9:40 PM in Leeds and 10:40 PM in Lugano.
Leeds to Lugano train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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