There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Bournemouth by plane, bus, train, car ferry, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport, bus
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Stationbus
6h 40m£78–202Bus via Frankfurt am Main
cheapest- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
22h 9m£51–86Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
15h 33m£157–403Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillonbus 299
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
20h 17m£59–114Night train, train
- Take the night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
19h 24m£288–730Fly Zurich Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
6h 39m£97–309Fly Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ZRH - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouthtrain
6h 54m£86–235Train to Basel, fly to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BSL - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Stationbus
7h 34m£83–307Fly Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
7h 46m£90–311Fly Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouthtrain
8h 6m£99–487Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Bournemouthcar
11h 47mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Bournemouthcar
12h 50m£173–261
Zurich to Bournemouth by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Bournemouth is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which costs £50 - £90 and takes 22h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Bournemouth is to fly and train which takes 6h 39m and costs £95 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Bournemouth station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Bournemouth Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Bournemouth. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Bournemouth via Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 24m.
The distance between Zurich and Bournemouth is 594 miles.
The best way to get from Zurich to Bournemouth without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 15h 33m and costs £150 - £410.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Zurich to Bournemouth, including transfers.
Zurich to Bournemouth bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Bournemouth train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
Zurich to Bournemouth bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon station.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Bournemouth, England?
You can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bournemouth Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria in around 20h 17m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–200
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £220–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–70
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–12
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–14
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.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
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Bournemouth is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 12:31 AM in Zurich and 11:31 PM in Bournemouth.
Zurich to Bournemouth train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Amsterdam Centraal station.
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