There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EDI - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
3h 29mCHF 86–251Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausannetrain Tgv
12h 50mCHF 354–585Train, bus
- Take the train from Haymarket to Northamptontrain
- Take the bus from Northampton to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausannetrain Tgv
24h 28mCHF 294–489Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lausannecar
16h 13mCHF 354–466Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
5h 20mCHF 123–323Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
5h 6mCHF 145–423Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane EDI - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Lausannetrain
6h 34mCHF 114–314Train, bus via Warrington
- Take the train from Haymarket to Warrington Bank Quaytrain
- Take the bus from Warrington Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausannetrain Tgv
25h 22mCHF 244–400Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausannebus
26h 54mCHF 128–339Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lausannecar
17h 13mCHF 238–397
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne is to fly and train which costs SFr 85 - SFr 260 and takes 3h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 3h 29m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Terminal and arriving at Lausanne via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Lausanne via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 50m.
The distance between Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and Lausanne is 1332 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne without a car is to train which takes 12h 50m and costs SFr 350 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 3h 29m to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne, including transfers.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne is to train which takes 12h 50m and costs SFr 350 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 340 and takes 26h 54m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Scotland and Lausanne, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Terminal to Lausanne via Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 12h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal to Lausanne via Hanover Street, Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 26h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–220
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Northampton to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warrington Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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 Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- National Express
- 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 9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lausanne is 1h ahead of Edinburgh Airport (EDI). It is currently 9:04 PM in Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and 10:04 PM in Lausanne.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lausanne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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