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Train from Zürich to London

 
Zurich city centre
Photo © www.zuerich.com / Zürich Tourism

Overview

Route: Zürich to London via Paris
Journey time: From 8 hours 29 minutes
 

Detailed itinerary

Option 1: via Paris

Sample itinerary: Take the 0702 from Zürich Hauptbahnhof Station to Paris, which gives you plenty of time to transfer from Gare de l'Est to Gare du Nord for the 1304 Eurostar service to St Pancras.
Price: from £137 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
Leg 1: Zürich to Paris Gare de l'Est

First train departs Zürich at 0702, with further services at 1302, 1502 and 1627.
Frequency of service: 4 trains daily
Operator:

TGV

Journey time: 4 hours 32 minutes
Transfer A short 10-minute walk from Gare de l'Est to Gare du Nord. Exit Gare de l'Est, turn right along Rue de Chabrol then right along Rue du Fauberg Saint-Denis (slightly uphill) for about 400m until you reach the main intersection and then cross the road and turn left to Gare du Nord. Alternatively it is one stop on the metro line - from Gare de l'Est follow the signs for Metro line M4 to Gare du Nord (which is signposted 'direction Porte de Clignancourt'). Don't forget the 30-minute check-in for Eurostar.

Short hop

Transfer time: Allow 25 minutes.
 
Book a hotel near Gare du Nord/Gare de l'Est
 
Leg 2: Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras International in the heart of London. Don't forget check-in time for Eurostar is at least 30 mins before departure.
Frequency of service: About 15 trains a day
Operator:

Eurostar

Journey time: From 2 hrs 16 mins
Destination

Welcome to London. St Pancras International now has lots of lovely shops, restaurants and gastro pubs... and free wifi throughout the station. If you're planning to stay in the capital, there are over 60 hotels within a one mile radius of St Pancras (by the way, the new spectacular St Pancras Midland Grand Hotel - a 5-star Marriott hotel - has now opened!).

From St Pancras, there are mainline rail connections to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, as well as First Capital Connect trains on the cross-London Thameslink route which continues north as far as Bedford or south to Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

Across the street is Kings Cross station, which has rail connections to the north of England and Scotland, and it's a 15-minute walk (in the opposite direction, heading west) to Euston Station for connections to the West Midlands, the West Coast (including Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester) and Glasgow (including the Scotrail sleeper service).

 
Book a hotel near St Pancras
 

Your route back from Zürich

The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.

 

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