There are 9 ways to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (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 to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Visp to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
9h 14m£134–380Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MXP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 44m£85–261Train via Lille
- Take the train from Visp to Genèvetrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGVtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 39m£391–1,035Train, bus
- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
30h 53mTrain, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- 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
9h 7m£148–435Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MXP - EDI
9h 49m£86–246Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
10h 35m£109–275Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- 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 26m£86–263Train
- Take the train from Visp to Genèvetrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Geneve to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 30m£387–723
Zermatt to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £85 - £250 and takes 9h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 9h 7m and costs £140 - £440.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Zermatt and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Visp, Genève, Marne La Vallee Chessy, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 39m.
The distance between Zermatt and Edinburgh is 946 miles.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Lille which takes 16h 39m and costs £390 - £1,100.
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 8:51 PM in Zermatt and 7:51 PM in Edinburgh.
Zermatt to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Genève station.
Book your Zermatt to Edinburgh train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Zermatt to Edinburgh Waverley via Visp, Genève, Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV, Marne La Vallee Chessy, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 39m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–95
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–95
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–110
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £150–440
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Geneve to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £14–18
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–55
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- £24–29
- 1st Class Ticket
- £40–55
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–33
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–22
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
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