There are 7 ways to get from Athlone to Basel by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, 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.
Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Athlone to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)DUB - BSL
6h 46mCHF 66–198Train, ferry
- Take the train from Athlone to Dublin Heuston803 / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel SbbTgv
29h 55mCHF 185–340Bus
- Take the bus from Arcadia to Liffey Valley SC763
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Nuremberg
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
3d 8hTrain to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Athlone to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
8hCHF 96–232Train to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Athlone to Claremorris
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Basel (BSL)NOC - BSL
9h 7mCHF 85–240Train, train to Shannon Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Athlone to Athenry
- Take the train from Athenry to Ennis
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)SNN - BSL
10h 40mCHF 93–214Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athlone to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Basel
33h 59mCHF 301–615
Athlone to Basel by train, tram, foot, ferry, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athlone to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 200 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Athlone to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 200.
The distance between Athlone and Basel is 1316 km.
The best way to get from Athlone to Basel without a car is to train and ferry which takes 29h 55m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 340.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Athlone to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h ahead of Athlone. It is currently 7:20 AM in Athlone and 8:20 AM in Basel.
There are 1249+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Athlone, Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Arcadia to Basel SBB via Liffey Valley SC, Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, and Nuremberg central bus station in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Athlone to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 11–16
Train from Athlone to Claremorris
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 8–12
Train from Athlone to Athenry
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 5–8
Train from Athenry to Ennis
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Arcadia to Liffey Valley SC
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–80
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 200–950
- On Foot
- CHF 65–80
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–419
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 419
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