There are 12 ways to get from Bern to Windermere by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Basel, fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
8h 18m£105–319Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Bradfordbus
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Windermeretrain
28h 1mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
24h 52m£210–607Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bern to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Windermerecar
15h 15mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZRH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
8h 23m£105–317Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GVA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
9h 20m£108–338Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
9h 44m£156–367Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane GVA - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
10h 32m£135–411Train to Zurich Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
10h 53m£215–489Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Liverpool (LPL)plane GVA - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Oxenholme Lake Districttrain
9h 47m£138–351Bus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Bern to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Rotherham Central to Church Fentontrain
- Take the train from Church Fenton to Burnley Manchester Roadtrain
- Drive from Burnley Manchester Road to Windermerecar
28h 18m£113–183Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bern to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Windermerecar
16h 15m£194–315
Bern to Windermere by train, tram, night train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Windermere is to bus and train and drive which costs £110 - £190 and takes 28h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Windermere is to train and fly which takes 8h 18m and costs £100 - £320.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Windermere. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Windermere via Basel, Bahnhof SBB, Basel Bad Bf, Amsterdam Centraal, London Euston and Oxenholme Lake District. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 52m.
The distance between Bern and Windermere is 749 miles.
The best way to get from Bern to Windermere without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Bern to Windermere, including transfers.
Bern to Windermere train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
Windermere is 1h behind Bern. It is currently 2:15 PM in Bern and 1:15 PM in Windermere.
Bern to Windermere train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
There are 3336+ hotels available in Windermere.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Windermere, England?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Windermere. However, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Manchester Airport (MAN), walk to Manchester Airport, take the train to Oxenholme Lake District, then take the train to Windermere. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Windermere via Basel SBB, Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse, Brussels-North Station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Bradford, Bradford Interchange, and Preston in around 28h 1m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–470
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–80
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Windermere
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Rotherham Central to Church Fenton
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Church Fenton to Burnley Manchester Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £60–75
- Seating Carriage
- £35–45
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Oxenholme Lake District
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- 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
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £31–36
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £7–18
- 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
- £5–28
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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