There are 12 ways to get from Manchester to Zugspitze by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MAN - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 44m€131–268Fly Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport, train, drive
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztaltrain
- Drive from Telfs-Pfaffenhofen to Zugspitzecar
10h 16m€113–487Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
16h 30m€352–741Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen stationbus 040 / ...
30h 25m€188–287Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zugspitzecar
15h 39mFly Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane MAN - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
8h 46m€154–397Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BHX - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
10h 9m€188–364Fly Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MAN - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
11h 12m€175–360Fly Manchester Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain
11h 26m€178–497Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
19h 44m€278–537Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchentrain Rb6
32h 48m€184–319Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zugspitzecar
16h 51m€231–374
Manchester to Zugspitze by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Zugspitze is to fly and train which costs €130 - €270 and takes 8h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Zugspitze is to fly and train which takes 8h 44m and costs €130 - €270.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Zugspitze. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Grainau, Riffelriß via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, München Hbf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 30m.
The distance between Manchester and Zugspitze is 1298 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Zugspitze without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 16h 30m and costs €350 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 44m to get from Manchester to Zugspitze, including transfers.
Manchester to Zugspitze train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Zugspitze is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 16h 30m and costs €350 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €290 and takes 30h 25m.
Zugspitze is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 2:59 AM in Manchester and 3:59 AM in Zugspitze.
Manchester to Zugspitze train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Zugspitze, Germany?
You can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Grainau, Riffelriß via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, München Hbf, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in around 16h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Zugspitze via London Victoria, Munich central bus station, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen station in around 30h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 Innsbruck Hoetting to Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Oetztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- €22–35
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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