There are 9 ways to get from Liverpool to Zurich by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
5h 58mCHF 72–264Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
10h 58mCHF 342–542Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Zürichbus
24h 5mCHF 94–178Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Liverpool to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zurichcar
13h 47mCHF 335–429Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
7h 7mCHF 101–304Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
6h 27mCHF 114–277Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
7h 25mCHF 155–357Bus via Ghent
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Zurichbus
28h 22mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zurichcar
14h 48mCHF 237–384
Liverpool to Zurich by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 90 - SFr 180 and takes 24h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 5h 58m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Zürich via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Zuerich Hb via London St Pancras Intl and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 58m.
The distance between Liverpool and Zurich is 1089 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Zurich without a car is to train which takes 10h 58m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Liverpool to Zurich, including transfers.
Liverpool to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Zurich train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Zurich is to train which takes 10h 58m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 90 - SFr 180 and takes 24h 5m.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Zuerich Hb via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 10h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Zürich via London Victoria, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg in around 24h 5m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 129
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 129
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–75
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Liverpool to Zurich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 5:12 PM in Liverpool and 6:12 PM in Zurich.
Liverpool to Zurich train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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