There are 12 ways to get from Cumbria to Zurich by train, plane, taxi, bus, train (Eurostar), 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.
Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
7h 44mCHF 92–290Taxi, bus, train
- Take the taxi from Cumbria to Penn Lanetaxi
- Take the bus from Penn Lane to Northallerton Stationbus 856
- Take the train from Northallerton to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Zürichbus
19h 50mTrain
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HBtrain
25h 8mCHF 403–693Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cumbria to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zurichcar
14h 53mCHF 344–446Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
8h 11mCHF 128–311Train to Newcastle, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NCL - ZRH
9h 38mCHF 108–267Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
8h 53mCHF 129–324Train, train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Take the train from Newcastle to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MME - ZRH
11h 13mCHF 177–521Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LBA - ZRH
11h 37mCHF 128–340Train via London
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HBtrain
25h 11mCHF 258–513Bus
- Take the bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 590
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Zurich Bus Stationbus
29h 41mCHF 118–203Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cumbria to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zurichcar
15h 54mCHF 246–401
Cumbria to Zurich by bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cumbria to Zurich is to train and fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 290 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Cumbria to Zurich is to train and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 290.
No, there is no direct bus from Cumbria to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Another Place and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Rail Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Cumbria to Zurich. However, there are services departing from Penrith North Lakes and arriving at Zürich HB via London St Pancras Intl and Amsterdam Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 8m.
The distance between Cumbria and Zurich is 1216 km.
The best way to get from Cumbria to Zurich without a car is to taxi and bus and train which takes 19h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Cumbria to Zurich, including transfers.
Cumbria to Zurich bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Rail Station.
Cumbria to Zurich train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Penrith North Lakes station.
The best way to get from Cumbria to Zurich is to train which takes 25h 8m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 210 and takes 29h 41m.
What companies run services between Cumbria, England and Zurich, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Another Place to Zürich HB via Rail Station, Penrith North Lakes, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, and Amsterdam Centraal in around 25h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Another Place to Zurich Bus Station via Rail Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 29h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–250
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–210
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–430
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–370
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Northallerton to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 345 603 4852
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
Train from Northallerton to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–330
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 129
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 129
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 01677 425203
- Website
- Dales and District
Bus from Penn Lane to Northallerton Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- Dales and District
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- 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 30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–260
A1 Acclaim Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1768 866 842
- Website
- a1acclaimtaxispenrith.co.uk
Abbey Taxis of Penrith
- Phone
- +44 7789 023 023
- Website
- abbeytaxisofpenrith.co.uk
Penrith Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1768 899 298
- Website
- penrithtaxis.com
Station Taxis Penrith
- Phone
- +44 1768 211 004
- Website
- stationtaxispenrith.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Cumbria to Zurich bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Cumbria. It is currently 6:09 PM in Cumbria and 7:09 PM in Zurich.
Cumbria to Zurich train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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