There are 6 ways to get from Detroit to Lausanne by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Detroit to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DTW - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
14h 15mCHF 362–1,337Fly Detroit to Basel, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Basel (BSL)plane DTW - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
16h 46mCHF 423–1,488Fly Detroit to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DTW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
15h 57mCHF 402–1,412Fly Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Windsor Airport (YQG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane YQG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
18h 53mCHF 436–1,216Fly Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DTW - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Lausannetrain
17h 46mCHF 452–1,591Fly Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane DTW - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausannetrain
16h 23mCHF 614–1,277
Detroit (DTW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Lausanne is to fly and train which costs SFr 430 - SFr 1300 and takes 18h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 14h 15m and costs SFr 360 - SFr 1400.
The distance between Detroit and Lausanne is 6847 km.
It takes approximately 14h 15m to get from Detroit to Lausanne, including transfers.
Lausanne is 6h ahead of Detroit. It is currently 9:33 AM in Detroit and 3:33 PM in Lausanne.
There are 1235+ hotels available in Lausanne.
What companies run services between Detroit, MI, USA and Lausanne, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Detroit to Lausanne. However, you can take the line 261 bus to Metro Airport McNamara Terminal, walk to Detroit (DTW) airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Genève-Aéroport, then take the train to Lausanne. Alternatively, you can take the line 261 bus to Metro Airport McNamara Terminal, walk to Detroit (DTW) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, take the bus to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, walk to Basel SBB, then take the train to Lausanne.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,500
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–1,600
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,500
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,700
Flights from Detroit to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Detroit to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Windsor Airport to Zurich Airport via Toronto, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,300
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Detroit to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Detroit to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Detroit to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,500
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
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