There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Exeter by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, night train, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
11h 32m£313–565Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davidstrain
6h 9m£103–294Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Upminsterbus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Exeter Centraltrain
22h 19mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Exetercar
13h 2mFly to Exeter
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Exeter (EXT)plane ZRH - EXT
8h£126–294Night train, train
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Offenburgnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
13h 23m£294–659Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luxembourg Gare Centralebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bampfylde Streetbus 501 / ...
22h 34mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Exetercar
14h 5m£170–289Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
7h 5m£166–462Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davidstrain
6h 59m£154–385Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davidstrain
7h 46m£156–337Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ZRH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Exeter St Davidstrain
7h 57m£131–355
Zurich to Exeter by train, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Exeter is to fly and train which costs £100 - £300 and takes 6h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Exeter is to fly and train which takes 6h 9m and costs £100 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Exeter. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Bampfylde Street via Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Exeter. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Exeter St Davids via Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lille Europe, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 23m.
The distance between Zurich and Exeter is 842 miles.
The best way to get from Zurich to Exeter without a car is to train which takes 11h 32m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 11h 32m to get from Zurich to Exeter, including transfers.
Zurich to Exeter bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Exeter train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Zuerich Hb station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Exeter is to train which takes 11h 32m and costs £310 - £600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £120 - £300 and takes 8h, you could also bus, which costs and takes 22h 34m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Exeter, England?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Exeter St Davids via Basel Sbb, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 11h 32m. Alternatively, Aer Lingus, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Exeter (EXT) 5 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £300–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–450
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–350
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £300–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- 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
- £14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Exeter Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Offenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18–80
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £70–80
- Couchette Carriage
- £45–55
- Seating Carriage
- £18–22
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- 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 Upminster
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Luxembourg Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bampfylde Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bampfylde Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £16–27
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Exeter bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg Gare Centrale station.
Exeter is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 9:53 PM in Zurich and 8:53 PM in Exeter.
Zurich to Exeter train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Offenburg station.
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