There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Limerick by plane, train, 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.
Fly Basel to Shannon Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN)BSL - SNN
7h 27m€89–220Fly Basel to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dublin Airport (DUB)BSL - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Limerick Junction
8h 40m€81–222Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to LimerickIc
32h 24m€196–420Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shannon Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)ZRH - SNN
8h 53m€135–256Fly Basel to Kerry Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kerry Airport (KIR)BSL - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Station
9h 50m€109–186Fly Basel to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cork Airport (ORK)BSL - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junction
11h 22m€95–259Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Dunkirk
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Limerick
34h€321–661Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)099
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Dunkerque Port
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the bus from Rosslare Europort to Waterford Bus Station40
- Take the bus from Waterford Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Station55
44h 18m€263–631
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 €80 - €230 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Limerick is to fly which takes 7h 27m and costs €85 - €220.
The distance between Basel and Limerick is 1330 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Limerick without a car is to train and ferry which takes 32h 24m and costs €190 - €420.
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Basel to Limerick, including transfers.
Limerick is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 12:16 AM in Basel and 11:16 PM in Limerick.
There are 133+ hotels available in Limerick.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Limerick, Ireland?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Shannon Airport (SNN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Basel to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Basel to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Basel to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 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
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Limerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €17–25
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 56 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
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Rosslare Europort to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Waterford Bus Station to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Dunkerque Port
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Rosslare Europort to Waterford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
- 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
- €180–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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