There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Halifax by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (TGV, Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Basel to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Halifaxtrain
6h 1m£50–166Train via Paris
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
10h 28m£168–525Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Brussels-North train stationbus N506 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Bradfordbus Michalovce
21h 32m£69–88Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Basel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Halifaxcar
12h 39mFly Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane BSL - LBA
8h 22m£70–180Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZRH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Halifaxtrain
7h 21m£58–207Fly Basel to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BSL - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
7h 59m£99–379Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leedstrain
8h 55m£132–431Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB 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 Leedstrain
11h 2m£188–658Bus via London
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Halifax Bus Stationbus 564 / ...
27h 35m£50–158Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Halifaxcar
13h 34m£193–282
Basel to Halifax by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Halifax is to bus via London which costs £50 - £160 and takes 27h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Halifax is to fly and train which takes 6h 1m and costs £45 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Halifax. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Godley Bridge via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Bradford Interchange Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Halifax. However, there are services departing from St Louis and arriving at Halifax via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord, King's Cross and Leeds. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 28m.
The distance between Basel and Halifax is 637 miles.
The best way to get from Basel to Halifax without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 28m and costs £160 - £550.
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Basel to Halifax, including transfers.
Basel to Halifax bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Halifax 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 Halifax is to train via Paris which takes 10h 28m and costs £160 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £90 and takes 21h 32m, you could also fly, which costs £65 - £180 and takes 8h 22m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Halifax, England?
You can take a train from St Louis to Halifax via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Leeds in around 10h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Godley Bridge via Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Bradford, and Bradford Interchange Bus Station in around 21h 32m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–300
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–90
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
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 St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- £50–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- 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 Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- 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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £31–36
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Halifax Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–27
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Halifax bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop station.
Halifax is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 11:05 AM in Basel and 10:05 AM in Halifax.
Basel to Halifax train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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