There are 10 ways to get from Manchester to Stans by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
5h 56mCHF 91–293Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
12h 30mCHF 315–583Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Luzernbus
24h 13mCHF 91–163Train, night train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
21h 9mCHF 233–498Fly Manchester Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
6h 47mCHF 103–268Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
7h 26mCHF 131–353Fly Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzerntrain
8h 47mCHF 145–508Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Baselbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain Ec / ...
24h 16mCHF 134–246Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Stanscar
14h 8mCHF 312–402Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Stanscar
15h 9mCHF 197–326
Manchester to Stans by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Stans is to bus which costs SFr 90 - SFr 170 and takes 24h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Stans is to fly and train which takes 5h 56m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Stans. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Stans via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est, Strasbourg, Basel SBB and Luzern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 30m.
The distance between Manchester and Stans is 1104 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Stans without a car is to train which takes 12h 30m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Manchester to Stans, including transfers.
Manchester to Stans train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Stans is to train which takes 12h 30m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 90 - SFr 170 and takes 24h 13m.
Stans is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 12:58 AM in Manchester and 1:58 AM in Stans.
Manchester to Stans train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Stans, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Stans via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris l'Est, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, and Luzern in around 12h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Stans via London Victoria, Dover, Brussels-North train station, Luzern, and Luzern in around 24h 13m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 125
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- CHF 125
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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 7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Want to know more about travelling around Switzerland
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Book your Manchester to Stans train tickets online with Omio.
There are 838+ hotels available in Stans.

























































