There are 13 ways to get from Lugano to England by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MXP - LHR
6h 10m£83–270Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MXP - MAN
6h 2m£32–124Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
10h 41m£239–604Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus : London - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
19h 29m£77–143Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lugano to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
12h 16mTrain to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MXP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
6h 13m£48–175Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane MXP - BRS
6h 17m£47–149Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to London City Airport (LCY)plane LIN - LCY
6h 21m£85–358Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LIN - LHR
6h 32m£95–339Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane MXP - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 43m£41–155Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MXP - STN
6h 45m£51–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoriabus
24h£103–198Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lugano to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
13h 18m£162–266
Lugano to England by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lugano to England is to train and fly which costs £30 - £130 and takes 6h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Lugano to England is to train and fly which takes 6h 2m and costs £30 - £130.
No, there is no direct bus from Lugano to England. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Trafalgar Square via Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and Westminster Cathedral. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Lugano to England station. However, there are services departing from Lugano and arriving at Charing Cross station via Basel Sbb, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and Euston station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 41m.
The distance between Lugano and England is 650 miles.
The best way to get from Lugano to England without a car is to train which takes 10h 41m and costs £230 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 10m to get from Lugano to England, including transfers.
Lugano to England bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lugano station.
Lugano to England train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Lugano to England is to train which takes 10h 41m and costs £230 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £150 and takes 19h 29m.
What companies run services between Lugano, Switzerland and England?
You can take a train from Lugano to Charing Cross station via Basel SBB, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and Euston station in around 10h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lugano to Trafalgar Square via Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, London Victoria, and Westminster Cathedral in around 19h 29m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–90
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £15–90
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £65–90
- 2nd Class
- £50–70
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £50–80
- 2nd Class
- £35–50
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Lugano to England bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Brussels - Midi Train Station.
England is 1h behind Lugano. It is currently 1:14 AM in Lugano and 12:14 AM in England.
Lugano to England train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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