There are 9 ways to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
9h 14m£134–299Train, bus to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1bus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MXP - EDI
10h 26m£88–207Train
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 16m£393–729Train, bus via Birmingham
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
32h 40m£221–489Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
9h 4m£103–300Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
8h 57m£156–329Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano P.Garibalditrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
11h 49m£104–280Train, bus, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the bus from Domodossola to Milano Centralebus
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BGY - EDI
11h 44mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Visp to Genèvetrain Ec / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva to Paris - Massy-Palaiseaubus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 32m£367–599
Zermatt to Edinburgh by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh is to train and bus and fly which costs £85 - £210 and takes 10h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h 57m and costs £150 - £330.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Zermatt and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Visp, Basel SBB, Offenburg, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 16m.
The distance between Zermatt and Edinburgh is 946 miles.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 16h 16m and costs £390 - £750.
It takes approximately 9h 14m to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Zermatt to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Visp station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Zermatt. It is currently 7:20 AM in Zermatt and 6:20 AM in Edinburgh.
Zermatt to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Zermatt to Edinburgh Waverley via Visp, Basel SBB, Offenburg, Paris Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 16m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £55–80
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £55–80
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £55–80
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £55–80
- 2nd Class
- £40–55
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–230
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £23–28
- 1st Class Ticket
- £40–50
Train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £23–28
- 1st Class Ticket
- £40–50
Train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £23–28
- 1st Class Ticket
- £40–50
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Domodossola to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
Bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- Comazzi Bus
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–19
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva to Paris - Massy-Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
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