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Getting There - International Travel |
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Air
Switzerland’s national airline is Swiss (LX) .
Approximate flight times
Approximate flight times are as follows: |
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• From Bern, Basel, Geneva or Zürich to London is one hour 50 minutes.
• From Geneva to Los Angeles is 17 hours and from
Zürich is 14 hours 35 minutes.
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From Geneva to New York is nine hours 45 minutes
and from Zürich is seven hours 20 minutes.
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International airports
Zürich (ZRH) (Kloten) is 11km from the city (travel time is around 20 minutes). Trains run every 10-15 minutes from under Terminal B. Regional and night buses are also available. Passengers arriving in Switzerland by air can purchase a special Fly-Rail Luggage ticket from the airport of departure which will allow them to have their luggage delivered directly to a Swiss railway station. With the Fly-Rail Baggage service, passengers leaving Switzerland can check their bags in at the railway station up to 24 hours before their flight. Taxis to the city are available (travel time is around 15-30 minutes).
Geneva (GVA) is 5km north of the city. Taxis to the city are also available. There is regular train service to Geneva Cornavin Station (travel time – six minutes). The no. 10 bus runs from airport to the city centre.
Bern (BRN) (Belp) is 9km southeast of the city (travel time is around 20-30 minutes). Bus services are available to Bern station. A rail service runs from Bern to Zürich Airport. Taxis are also available.
Basel (BSL) (Basel-Mulhouse) is 12km from the city. Bus runs to Basel SBB Luftreisebüro. Taxis are also available.
Departure tax : None.
Rail
Travelling
from the UK, the quickest way
is to travel by Eurostar through the Channel
Tunnel to Paris (travel time – three hours) and,
from there, to Switzerland.
For further information and reservations contact Eurostar
(tel: (0870) 0000 792 (travel agents) or (08705) 186 186 (public;
within the UK) or (01233) 617 575 (public; outside the UK only));
or Rail Europe
(tel: (08708) 371 371). General enquiries and information requests
must be made by telephone.
Other connections from London via the main channel crossings are
available (minimum travel time of about 14 to 15 hours to Basel
and Lausanne, the main points of entry). There are also through
trains from many other European cities.
Road
Switzerland can be reached by road from Austria,
France, Germany and Italy.
Some approximate driving times to Geneva and Zürich
by the most direct routes are: Calais–Geneva: 12-13
hours (747km/464 miles); Dunkirk–Geneva:
12-13 hours (732km/454 miles); Calais–Zürich:
13-14 hours (790km/490 miles); Dunkirk–Zürich:
14-15 hours (880km/ 546 miles).
Coach
There are coach services to Switzerland as well
as scheduled coach tour operators. Contact Switzerland Tourism
for further details (see Contact section).
In the UK, Eurolines, departing
from Victoria Coach Station in London,
serves destinations in Switzerland. For further information contact
Eurolines
(tel: (08705)143219;e-mail:welcome@eurolines.co.uk).
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