There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Limerick by plane, car, car ferry, bus, or train
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 Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BSL - SNN
8h 10m€114–300Fly Basel to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BSL - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
8h 3m€89–265Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Limerickcar
34h 8m€594–864Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bonn Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Bonn to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qybus
3d 12hTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ZRH - SNN
9h 4m€157–675Fly Basel to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BSL - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
9h 26m€106–378Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cork Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ZRH - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
8h 50m€149–413Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junctiontrain
9h 17m€122–350
Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Limerick is to fly and train which costs €85 - €270 and takes 8h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Limerick is to fly and train which takes 8h 3m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Limerick. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Limerick Arthurs Qy via Bonn, Rădăuți, Lanesborough Pk and Airport Zone 10. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Basel and Limerick is 1331 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Limerick without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Basel to Limerick, including transfers.
Basel to Limerick bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Basel to Limerick is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs €110 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 3 days 12h.
Basel to Limerick bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Bonn Hbf station.
Limerick is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 1:01 AM in Basel and 12:01 AM in Limerick.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Limerick, Ireland?
British Airways, Aer Lingus, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Limerick Arthurs Qy via Bonn, Rădăuți, Dublin, Lanesborough Pk, Airport Zone 11, and Airport Zone 10 in around 3d 12h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- 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
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bonn to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- https://www.transportforireland.ie
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Airport Zone 10 to Limerick Arthurs Qy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €450–650
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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