There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Skipton by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), 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 Paris
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 King's Cross to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
10h 44m£166–468Fly Basel to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
7h 3m£52–202Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gentbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Bradfordbus Michalovce
24h 26mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Basel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Skiptoncar
12h 55mTrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- 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
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
12h 2m£165–564Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Skiptoncar
13h 55m£192–295Fly Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane BSL - LBA
8h 45m£63–174Train 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 Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
8h 23m£65–230Fly 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
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
8h 16m£97–383Fly Basel to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane BSL - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
10h 8m£96–501Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Leeds Bradford International 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane GVA - LBA
9h 33m£93–259Train, 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 Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Skiptontrain
10h 21m£87–257
Basel to Skipton by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Skipton is to fly and train which costs £50 - £210 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Skipton is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m and costs £50 - £210.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Skipton. However, there are services departing from St Louis and arriving at Skipton via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord, King's Cross and Leeds. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 44m.
The distance between Basel and Skipton is 852 miles.
The best way to get from Basel to Skipton without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 44m and costs £160 - £470.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Basel to Skipton, including transfers.
Basel to Skipton 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 Skipton is to train via Paris which takes 10h 44m and costs £160 - £470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 24h 26m, you could also fly, which costs £60 - £180 and takes 8h 45m.
Skipton is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 10:54 AM in Basel and 9:54 AM in Skipton.
Basel to Skipton train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Skipton, England?
You can take a train from St Louis to Skipton via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Leeds in around 10h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Skipton via Gent, Gent-Dampoort, Bradford, and Bradford Forster Square in around 24h 26m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
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
Flights from Basel to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–600
Flights from Basel to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
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 Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Basel to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–600
Flights from Basel to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–650
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
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
- £50–100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- 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
- £95–150
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–120
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
- £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
- £60–110
- 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
- £50–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- 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 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Skipton
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5–6
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Skipton
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–13
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- 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
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- £25–45
- 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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