There are 11 ways to get from Birmingham to Sumiswald by plane, train, bus, night bus, night train, car, car train or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly Birmingham to Zurich, train • 7h 3m
Cheapest option
9 alternative options
Fly Birmingham to Geneva, train • 8h 1m
Train, bus, night bus • 22h 6m
Bus • 30h 39m
Train, night train • 21h 50m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 11h 42m
Drive, car ferry • 12h 48m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Sumiswald is to train and fly which costs £90 - £360 and takes 8h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Birmingham to Sumiswald is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m and costs £110 - £390.
No, there is no direct train from Birmingham to Sumiswald. However, there are services departing from Birmingham New Street and arriving at Sumiswald-Grünen via Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, Zürich Hb and Burgdorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 50m.
The distance between Birmingham and Sumiswald is 1059 km.
The best way to get from Birmingham to Sumiswald without a car is to train and bus and night bus which takes 22h 6m and costs £120 - £270.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Birmingham to Sumiswald, including transfers.
Birmingham to Sumiswald train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Birmingham New Street station.
Sumiswald is 1h ahead of Birmingham. It is currently 1:19 AM in Birmingham and 2:19 AM in Sumiswald.
Birmingham to Sumiswald train services, operated by Südostbahn, arrive at Burgdorf station.
There are 244+ hotels available in Sumiswald. Prices start at SFr 54 per night.
- Distance: 1058.8 km
- Duration: 7h 3m
What companies run services between Birmingham, England and Sumiswald, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Birmingham to Sumiswald via London Victoria, Frankfurt - Main Bus station, Lucerne, Luzern, Luzernerhof, Ebikon, Bahnhof, Ebikon, and Sempach-Neuenkirch in around 30h 39m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 650
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 490
Flights from Manchester to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 650
Flights from London Heathrow to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 430
Flights from London Heathrow to Zurich via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SFr 100 - SFr 430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 200 - SFr 650
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 500
Flights from Manchester to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 480
Flights from Manchester to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 200 - SFr 750
Flights from London Heathrow to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 550
Flights from London Heathrow to Zurich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham to Zurich via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 600
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 600
Flights from Manchester to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 650
Flights from London Heathrow to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 70 - SFr 310
Flights from Manchester to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 70 - SFr 360
Flights from Manchester to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 70 - SFr 360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 70 - SFr 550
Flights from London Heathrow to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 80 - SFr 700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham to Zurich via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 650
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SFr 160 - SFr 490
Flights from Manchester to Zurich via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SFr 190 - SFr 850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SFr 170 - SFr 600
Flights from Manchester to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 150 - SFr 650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SFr 40 - SFr 210
The national railway company of Switzerland, Swiss Railways operates trains throughout the country and adjacent European nations including Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Tickets are sold in two classes - First and Second - with most long-distance trains offering a bistro car serving beverages and snacks. Individual tickets can be bought easily at stands, while a variety of travel passes are on offer to suit different travel needs.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 26 - SFr 50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Burgdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SFr 20 - SFr 35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Hb to Burgdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SFr 35 - SFr 65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Burgdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich Hb to Burgdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Olten to Burgdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 8 - SFr 12
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 45 - SFr 120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- SFr 45 - SFr 70
- 1st Class
- SFr 85 - SFr 120
_(2).jpg)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 30 - SFr 50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Schedules at
- https://tfw.wales/service-status/timetables
- Anytime Standard
- SFr 30 - SFr 50
- Phone
- 00 44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SFr 45 - SFr 140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- SFr 45 - SFr 70
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- SFr 95 - SFr 140
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- londonmidland.com
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 130 - SFr 400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- SFr 310 - SFr 400
- Standard
- SFr 130 - SFr 180
- Standard Premier
- SFr 180 - SFr 230
.jpg?uselang=id)
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 75 - SFr 190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class Full Fare
- SFr 75 - SFr 110
- 1st Class Full Fare
- SFr 120 - SFr 190
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 28 - SFr 40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Night bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 30 - SFr 45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Birmingham Summer Row- Great Charles Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 16 - SFr 23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SFr 60 - SFr 85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
As the bus subsidiary of French railway SNCF, Ouibus offers eco-friendly coaches serving 35 French cities and 10 European cities at affordable fares. Ouibus journeys are safe and comfortable, with the four-star coaches offering power outlets, restrooms and WiFi. All Ouibus stations are located close to town centres for easy access to public transport. Getting on one of the 130 daily journeys is easy - electronic travel documents include your ticket and a personalised mini-guide with handy information.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 71 53 01 80
- Website
- blablacar.fr
Night bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 28 - SFr 40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/
Bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus station to Lucerne
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 30 - SFr 45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- SFr 12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SFr 35 - SFr 45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- SFr 75 - SFr 180
- On Foot
- SFr 35 - SFr 45
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SFr 50 - SFr 70
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Want to know more about travelling around Switzerland
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
From navigating the Tube to exploring by ferry, Rome2Rio’s UK travel guides give you the lowdown on this tourist hotspot.
Read the travel guideHeading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
We compare the different Eurail types and help you decide if a Eurail Pass is right for you
Read the travel guide5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Go beyond Paris, the Alps, the Loire chateaux and the French Riviera.
Read the travel guideWhich London airport should I choose?
Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, City or Southend? Rome2Rio explains all.
Read the travel guide