There are 11 ways to get from Barnstaple to Zurich by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Exeter, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EXT - ZRH
8h 33mCHF 135–292Bus via Brussels
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 502 / ...
- Take the bus from Bristol Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Freiburgbus
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Zurich Bus Stationbus
28h 28mCHF 107–202Train, bus
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
20h 22mCHF 253–460Train
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HBtrain
24h 59mCHF 359–685Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Barnstaple to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zurichcar
13h 32mCHF 305–405Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
7h 14mCHF 125–272Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
8h 15mCHF 189–453Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
8h 55mCHF 190–386Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
9h 25mCHF 212–565Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 502
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Zürichbus
23h 45mCHF 115–226Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Barnstaple to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zurichcar
14h 34mCHF 198–327
Barnstaple to Zurich by train, bus, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Barnstaple to Zurich is to bus via Brussels which costs SFr 100 - SFr 210 and takes 28h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Barnstaple to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct bus from Barnstaple station to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Zürich via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Barnstaple to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Barnstaple and arriving at Zürich HB via Exeter St Davids, London St Pancras Intl and Amsterdam Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 59m.
The distance between Barnstaple and Zurich is 1029 km.
The best way to get from Barnstaple to Zurich without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 22m and costs SFr 250 - SFr 460.
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Barnstaple to Zurich, including transfers.
Barnstaple to Zurich bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Barnstaple to Zurich train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Barnstaple station.
The best way to get from Barnstaple to Zurich is to train which takes 24h 59m and costs SFr 350 - SFr 700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 230 and takes 23h 45m.
What companies run services between Barnstaple, England and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Barnstaple to Zürich HB via Exeter St Davids, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, and Amsterdam Centraal in around 24h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Zürich via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg in around 23h 45m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Exeter to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
Flights from Exeter to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Exeter to Zurich Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
Flights from Exeter to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–410
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–410
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Barnstaple to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–200
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 128
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 128
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Barnstaple to Zurich bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Barnstaple. It is currently 12:56 AM in Barnstaple and 1:56 AM in Zurich.
Barnstaple to Zurich train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at Exeter St Davids station.
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