There are 9 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Switzerland by plane, busferry, train, night train, car ferry, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL)plane BHD - BSL
6h 19mCHF 106–267Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
7h 3mCHF 78–245Bus and ferry, train, night train
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Mannheim Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
28h 23mCHF 268–550Car ferry, ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the ferry from Seacombe Ferry Terminal to Gerry Marsden Ferry Terminalferry Fer
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One 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 Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
33h 36mFly George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BHD - GVA
7h 10mCHF 100–259Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHD - ZRH
6h 38mCHF 106–329Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
6h 44mCHF 83–233Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUB - GVA
7hCHF 87–245Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Zürichbus
33h 43mCHF 116–200
Northern Ireland to Switzerland by busferry, train, and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Switzerland is to train and fly which costs SFr 75 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Switzerland is to fly which takes 6h 19m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Northern Ireland to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Zürich via Buchanan Bus Station, Finchley Road Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 43m.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Switzerland is 1226 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Switzerland without a car is to bus and ferry and train and night train which takes 28h 23m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Northern Ireland to Switzerland, including transfers.
Northern Ireland to Switzerland bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Northern Ireland to Switzerland bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Switzerland is 1h ahead of Northern Ireland. It is currently 3:43 PM in Northern Ireland and 4:43 PM in Switzerland.
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What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Switzerland?
KLM, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–360
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–260
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Dublin Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–92
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 89–92
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 55–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 29–34
Night train from Mannheim Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–87
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 84–87
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 50–65
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 24–29
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Mannheim Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 11–16
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 11–16
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 11–16
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- CHF 4
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- CHF 4
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- 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
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- CHF 40
- Car Passenger
- CHF 153
- Phone
- 0151 330 1444
- Website
- Mersey Ferries
Ferry from Seacombe Ferry Terminal to Gerry Marsden Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mersey Ferries
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