There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, 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.
Fly to Exeter, train
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Exeter (EXT)plane ZRH - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to St Erthtrain
12h 17m£166–366Bus
cheapest- 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 Interchangebus 406
26h 31m£108–186Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Strasbourgbus 207
- Take the bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Trurotrain
- Take the bus from Railway Station to Harbour Hotelbus 14
25h 59m£187–340Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Hayletrain
26h 43m£537–886Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zurich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to St Ives (Cornwall)car
14h 55m£329–431Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ZRH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to St Erthtrain
10h 9m£146–381Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to St Erthtrain
11h 43m£196–390Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Totnestrain
- Take the train from Totnes to St Erthtrain
11h 49m£217–586Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Totnestrain
- Take the train from Totnes to St Erthtrain
11h 41m£195–458Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ZRH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to St Erthtrain
14h 15m£185–478Fly to Newquay Cornwall Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY)plane ZRH - NQY
- Take the train from Truro to St Erthtrain
7h 53m£117–309Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zurich to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to St Ives (Cornwall)car
15h 53m£237–389
Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) by bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) is to bus which costs £100 - £190 and takes 26h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) is to fly and train which takes 7h 53m and costs £110 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall). However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at Harbour Hotel via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria and Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall). However, there are services departing from Zürich HB and arriving at Hayle via Amsterdam Centraal and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 43m.
The distance between Zurich and St Ives (Cornwall) is 733 miles.
The best way to get from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 59m and costs £180 - £340.
It takes approximately 12h 17m to get from Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall), including transfers.
Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zürich HB station.
Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and St Ives (Cornwall), England?
You can take a bus from Zürich to Harbour Hotel via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, and Interchange in around 26h 31m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–420
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–430
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Exeter St Davids to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Euston to Truro
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Euston to Hayle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–230
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Plymouth to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Plymouth to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Totnes to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Totnes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Totnes to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Truro to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Exeter St Davids to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Plymouth to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Plymouth to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Totnes to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Totnes to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Truro to St Erth
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Zürich HB to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £220–350
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0808 196 2632
- [email protected]
- Website
- Go Cornwall Bus
Bus from Railway Station to Harbour Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- Go Cornwall Bus
- Single
- £3
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
St Ives (Cornwall) is 1h behind Zurich. It is currently 2:48 PM in Zurich and 1:48 PM in St Ives (Cornwall).
Zurich to St Ives (Cornwall) train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Amsterdam Centraal station.
There are 3904+ hotels available in St Ives (Cornwall).

















































