There are 13 ways to get from Switzerland to Manchester by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GVA - MAN
4h 25m£59–182Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MXP - MAN
6h 2m£36–109Train via Colmar
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain Ter
- Take the train from Colmar to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
12h 11m£317–604Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
23h 14m£101–207Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
14h 1m£287–371Fly Basel to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
4h 20m£56–152Fly Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZRH - MAN
4h 33m£67–190Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LIN - MAN
6h 27m£50–157Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BGY - MAN
6h 47m£58–202Fly Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 42m£104–252Train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Esttrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
14h 2m£296–602Bus via Ghent
- Take the bus from Zurich to Gentbus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus
28h 58mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
14h 56m£183–305
Switzerland to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Manchester is to train and fly which costs £35 - £110 and takes 6h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Manchester is to fly which takes 4h 20m and costs £55 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Switzerland to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Switzerland to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Zürich Stadelhofen and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Zürich HB, Mulhouse Ville, Colmar, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 11m.
The distance between Switzerland and Manchester is 635 miles.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Manchester without a car is to train via Colmar which takes 12h 11m and costs £310 - £650.
It takes approximately 4h 25m to get from Switzerland to Manchester, including transfers.
Switzerland to Manchester bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Switzerland to Manchester train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
The best way to get from Switzerland to Manchester is to fly which takes 4h 25m and costs £55 - £190. Alternatively, you can train via Colmar, which costs £310 - £650 and takes 12h 11m, you could also bus, which costs £100 - £210 and takes 23h 14m.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Manchester, England?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and four other airlines fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zürich Stadelhofen to Manchester Piccadilly via Zürich HB, Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Colmar, Paris Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 12h 11m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–85
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–90
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–90
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £28–90
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–90
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–650
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £23–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Colmar to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Zürich to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–22
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Zurich to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Switzerland to Manchester bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
Manchester is 1h behind Switzerland. It is currently 3:22 AM in Switzerland and 2:22 AM in Manchester.
Switzerland to Manchester train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Mulhouse station.
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