There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Channel Tunnel by train, unknown, bus, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, travel
best- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBIc6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Calais FrethunTgv
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
8h 33mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Bern to Liège Guillemins
- Take the bus from Liege to Calais
- Walk from Calais to Channel Tunnel
13h 30mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to London City Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
7h 37mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBIc6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
- Walk from Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal to Channel Tunnel
20h 49mTrain to Basel, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BSL - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
8h 24mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ZRH - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
8h 28mTrain to Basel, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)BSL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
8h 7mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)ZRH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
8h 11mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)GVA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Walk from Dover Priory to Channel Tunnel
9h 11mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train, travel
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Walk from Calais Frethun to Channel Tunnel
8h 40m
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Bern and Channel Tunnel is 985 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Channel Tunnel without a car is to train and travel which takes 8h 33m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Bern to Channel Tunnel, including transfers.
There are 1165+ hotels available in Channel Tunnel.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Channel Tunnel, France?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Channel Tunnel. However, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel Sbb, take the train to Paris Gare De Lyon, take the train to Paris Nord, take the train to Calais Frethun, then travel to Channel Tunnel. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Channel Tunnel via Liège Guillemins, Liege, and Calais in around 13h 30m.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Basel to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–490
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Stratford International to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
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 Lille Europe to Calais Frethun
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Liege to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
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