There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Aberdeen by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Basel to Aberdeen Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BSL - ABZ
7h 12m£118–231Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
29h 23m£106–178Train via Paris
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
15h£381–594Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Basel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Aberdeencar
17h 58m£345–458Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ZRH - ABZ
8h 6m£155–356Fly Basel to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
8h 1m£113–324Fly Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane BSL - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Aberdeentrain
11h 5m£123–547Train
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
15h 19m£334–649Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 426 / ...
- Take the train from Leeds to Aberdeentrain
30h 27m£267–477Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Aberdeencar
18h 54m£234–382
Basel to Aberdeen by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Aberdeen is to bus which costs £100 - £180 and takes 29h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Aberdeen is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs £110 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Aberdeen station. However, there are services departing from Basel and arriving at Union Square Bus Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Aberdeen. However, there are services departing from St Louis and arriving at Aberdeen via Strasbourg, Lille Europe, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 19m.
The distance between Basel and Aberdeen is 794 miles.
The best way to get from Basel to Aberdeen without a car is to train via Paris which takes 15h and costs £380 - £600.
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Basel to Aberdeen, including transfers.
Basel to Aberdeen bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Basel station.
Basel to Aberdeen train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from St Louis station.
The best way to get from Basel to Aberdeen is to fly which takes 7h 12m and costs £110 - £240. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs £380 - £600 and takes 15h, you could also bus, which costs £100 - £180 and takes 29h 23m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Aberdeen, Scotland?
KLM, British Airways, and easyJet fly from Basel (BSL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel Sbb to Aberdeen via Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–480
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–500
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Munich, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–380
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Frankfurt, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–500
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Basel to Dundee Riverside Airport via Munich, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £160–230
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dundee to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Basel to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Aberdeen bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
Aberdeen is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 8:50 PM in Basel and 7:50 PM in Aberdeen.
Basel to Aberdeen train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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