There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Inverness by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, 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.
Fly Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BSL - INV
7h 51m£97–242Fly Basel to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
9h 47m£95–259Train via Strasbourg
- 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 Invernesstrain
15h 55m£395–658Bus
- Take the bus from Basel to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
28h 43m£130–229Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Basel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Invernesscar
18h 40m£355–468Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ZRH - INV
8h 55m£134–361Fly Basel to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BSL - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
10h 34m£127–321Fly Basel to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BSL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
11h 14m£128–379Train
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Esttrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Invernesstrain
19h 32m£391–661Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
23h 11m£236–428Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Invernesscar
19h 36m£246–407
Basel to Inverness by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Inverness is to fly which costs £95 - £250 and takes 7h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Inverness is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs £95 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Inverness station. However, there are services departing from Basel and arriving at Bus Station Stance 3 via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria and Edinburgh, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Inverness. However, there are services departing from St Louis and arriving at Inverness via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 55m.
The distance between Basel and Inverness is 857 miles.
The best way to get from Basel to Inverness without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 15h 55m and costs £390 - £700.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Basel to Inverness, including transfers.
Basel to Inverness bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Basel station.
Basel to Inverness 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 Inverness is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs £95 - £250. Alternatively, you can train via Strasbourg, which costs £390 - £700 and takes 15h 55m, you could also bus, which costs £130 - £230 and takes 28h 43m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Inverness, Scotland?
easyJet, British Airways, and three other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from St Louis to Inverness via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–340
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Basel to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Basel to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- 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
- £65–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- 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 Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £190–280
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £190–280
- 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
- £28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–280
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Basel to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- 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 Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £30–60
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- 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
- £8–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Inverness bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Luxembourg station.
Inverness is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 1:08 AM in Basel and 12:08 AM in Inverness.
Basel to Inverness train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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