There are 13 ways to get from Basel to Liverpool by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, 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.
Train via Strasbourg
best- 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 London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
10h 8m£160–555Fly Basel to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
6h 9m£45–168Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus 550 / ...
20h 53m£72–109Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Basel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Liverpoolcar
12h 44mTrain
- 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 London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
12h 14m£202–579Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 400 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus 550 / ...
28h 9m£56–151Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Liverpoolcar
13h 44m£192–291Fly Basel to Liverpool
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Liverpool (LPL)plane BSL - LPL
6h 43m£56–217Train 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 Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
7h 29m£60–206Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Liverpool (LPL)plane GVA - LPL
7h 56m£101–249Train 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 Liverpool Lime Streettrain
7h 49m£101–283Fly Basel to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BSL - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
7h 23m£121–467Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GVA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
9h 27m£85–240
Basel to Liverpool by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Liverpool is to bus which costs £55 - £160 and takes 28h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Liverpool is to fly and train which takes 6h 9m and costs £45 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Liverpool, Liverpool One via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Birmingham Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from St Louis and arriving at Liverpool Lime Street via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 8m.
The distance between Basel and Liverpool is 834 miles.
The best way to get from Basel to Liverpool without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 10h 8m and costs £160 - £600.
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Basel to Liverpool, including transfers.
Basel to Liverpool bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Liverpool 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 Liverpool is to train via Strasbourg which takes 10h 8m and costs £160 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs £70 - £110 and takes 20h 53m, you could also fly, which costs £55 - £220 and takes 6h 43m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Liverpool, England?
You can take a train from St Louis to Liverpool Lime Street via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 10h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Liverpool, Liverpool One via Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Birmingham, and Birmingham Coach Station in around 20h 53m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Basel to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–310
Flights from Basel to Liverpool via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–260
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–95
- 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
- £95–160
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
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- klm.com
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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–140
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
- £26
- 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
- £40–110
- 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
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- 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
- £55–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–50
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- Twice daily
- 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 Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/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
- £22–35
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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 Liverpool bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop station.
Liverpool is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 10:38 AM in Basel and 9:38 AM in Liverpool.
Basel to Liverpool train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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