There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Holyhead by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, ferry, car, car train, train (Eurostar), car ferry, or plane
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Train via Colmar
best- 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 Holyheadtrain
13h 32m£350–647Fly Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry
9h 41m£77–232Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zürich to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
21h 19m£163–278Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Strasbourgbus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Rennesbus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
44h 35mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Holyheadcar
15h 2m£307–396Train
- 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 Holyheadtrain
15h 23m£329–645Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Holyheadcar
15h 57m£198–340Fly Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZRH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
8h 21m£119–277Train to Basel, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Holyheadtrain
9h 32m£136–322Fly 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 Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Holyheadtrain
8h 48m£126–297Fly Zurich Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
9h 20m£188–516Fly Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
9h 41m£176–389
Zurich to Holyhead by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Holyhead is to fly and ferry which costs £75 - £240 and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Holyhead is to fly and train which takes 8h 21m and costs £110 - £280.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Holyhead. However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Holyhead via Mulhouse Ville, Colmar, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 32m.
The distance between Zurich and Holyhead is 963 miles.
The best way to get from Zurich to Holyhead without a car is to train via Colmar which takes 13h 32m and costs £350 - £650.
It takes approximately 13h 32m to get from Zurich to Holyhead, including transfers.
Zurich to Holyhead train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
Holyhead is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 8:24 AM in Zurich and 7:24 AM in Holyhead.
Zurich to Holyhead train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Mulhouse station.
Book your Zurich to Holyhead train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Holyhead, Wales?
You can take a train from Zürich HB to Holyhead via Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Colmar, Paris Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 13h 32m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- 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
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- 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 Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- 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
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- 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
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- 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 Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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 Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- 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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Airport to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Strasbourg to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- [email protected]
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–600
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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