There are 11 ways to get from London to Lausanne by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, plane, 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
best- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lausannetrain Tgv
7h 35mCHF 262–419Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausannebus BlaBlaCar Bus
17h 45mCHF 73–122Train, bus
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
15h 52mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lausannecar
9h 52mCHF 277–356Fly London City Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LCY - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
5h 12mCHF 122–278Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lausannecar
10h 53mCHF 179–311Fly London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LHR - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
5h 10mCHF 92–319Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LGW - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
5h 18mCHF 78–271Train to Luton Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LTN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
5h 36mCHF 85–312Fly London City Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
6h 54mCHF 167–473Fly London Heathrow Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
7h 16mCHF 128–370
London to Lausanne by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from London to Lausanne is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 45m.
The fastest way to get from London to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 5h 10m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Lausanne via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Lausanne via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 35m.
The distance between London and Lausanne is 1015 km.
The best way to get from London to Lausanne without a car is to train which takes 7h 35m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 420.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from London to Lausanne, including transfers.
London to Lausanne bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Lausanne train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Lausanne is to train which takes 7h 35m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 17h 45m.
What companies run services between London, England and Lausanne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from London St Pancras Intl to Lausanne via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 7h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Lausanne via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 17h 45m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Luton Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–490
- 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 160–260
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- 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
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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 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 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 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 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 Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- 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)
- 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 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–27
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- 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 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
London to Lausanne bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Lausanne is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 10:14 PM in London and 11:14 PM in Lausanne.
London to Lausanne train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
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