Making your Swiss connection

Berne
To travel to Berne you’ll need to connect from Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de Lyon. The quickest and most direct way to do so is to take RER Line D (D2 Direction Melun or D2 Direction Malesherbes), which takes about 8 minutes. Métro tickets can be bought at any of the UK Eurostar Terminals and onboard.

Alternatively you can take a taxi, which takes between 15 and 20 minutes depending on the time of day, or any of the buses no. 65 which takes about 30 minutes.

The shortest approximate total journey time from St Pancras International to Berne is 7h40.

Geneva
To travel to Geneva you’ll need to connect from Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de Lyon. The quickest and most direct way to do so is to take RER Line D (D2 Direction Melun or D2 Direction Malesherbes), which takes about 8 minutes. Métro tickets can be bought at any of the UK Eurostar Terminals and onboard.

Alternatively you can take a taxi, which takes between 15 and 20 minutes depending on the time of day, or any of the buses no. 65 which takes about 30 minutes.

The shortest total journey time from St Pancras International to Geneva is 6h28.

Lausanne
To travel to Lausanne you’ll need to connect from Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de Lyon. The quickest and most direct way to do so is to take RER Line D (D2 Direction Melun or D2 Direction Malesherbes), which takes about 8 minutes. Métro tickets can be bought at any of the UK Eurostar Terminals and onboard.

Alternatively you can take a taxi, which takes between 15 and 20 minutes depending on the time of day, or any of the buses no. 65 which takes about 30 minutes.

The shortest total journey time from St Pancras International to Lausanne is 6h50.

Zurich
To travel to Zurich you’ll need to connect from Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de l’Est. To do so you can take Métro line 4 (Direction Porte D’Orléans) or Métro line 5 (Direction Place d’Italie), both of which take about 5 minutes, or take any of the buses numbered 65, 46 or 38, which take about 10 minutes. Métro tickets can be bought at any of the UK Eurostar Terminals and onboard.

Alternatively you can walk: simply leave Gare du Nord by the main exit and turn left. Cross the road continuing left up to the crossroads, turn right along Rue du Faubourg and then turn left at McDonalds. The walk takes between 5 and 10 minutes.

The shortest total journey time from St Pancras International to Zurich is 7h22.

There are also thirteen other Swiss cities you can book tickets to. However you may need to book your London-Paris ticket separately from your ticket for onward travel from Paris to your Swiss destination. You can book both tickets here.