There are 12 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 48mCHF 44–173Train
- 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 45mCHF 282–478Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 561 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Luganobus
25h 25mCHF 93–138Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Luganocar
14h 57mFly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane LBA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
8h 51mCHF 57–202Train 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 56–216Fly 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 53mCHF 94–240Train 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 108–294Train 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 19mCHF 46–173Train 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
14hCHF 285–481Train, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
25h 47mDrive, 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 2mCHF 238–348
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 40 - SFr 180 and takes 7h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Lugano is to train and fly which takes 7h 48m and costs SFr 40 - SFr 180.
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 25h 25m.
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 45m.
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 45m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 480.
It takes approximately 7h 48m to get from Leeds to Lugano, including transfers.
Leeds to Lugano bus services, operated by National Express, 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 45m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 90 - SFr 140 and takes 25h 25m.
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 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Lugano via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Brussels - Midi Train Station in around 25h 25m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–120
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–230
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–120
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–95
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–95
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- 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 14–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 14–21
- 1st Class
- CHF 30–40
- 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 95–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- CHF 95–140
- 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 90–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 90–130
- Comfort
- CHF 100–150
- Premium
- CHF 130–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–100
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
- 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 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- 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
Train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 27–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–50
- 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 7–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 7–11
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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 19–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- 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 45–65
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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 70–170
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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Leeds to Lugano bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Lugano is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 3:51 PM in Leeds and 4:51 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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