There are 13 ways to get from Buchen to Pontefract by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Wakefield Westgate
12h 21m£148–514Train to Basel, fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Wakefield Kirkgate
9h 3m£73–226Bus, train
- Take the bus from Colmar to Rotterdam
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from King's Cross to Wakefield Westgate
21h 43m£393–550Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Buchen to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Pontefract
12h 34mTrain to Basel, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Take the train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)BSL - LBA
10h 17m£75–208Bus
- Take the bus from Olten Gosgerstrasse to Luxembourg P&R Gasperich/Howald
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Station
26h 9mBus via Paris
- 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 London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station465 / ...
28h 32m£152–300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Buchen to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Pontefract
13h 29m£185–267Bus, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Hottingen Außerdorf to Laufenburg
- Take the train from Waldshut Bahnhof to Baden(CH)
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)ZRH - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Pontefract Tanshelf
10h 40m£111–252Bus, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Hottingen Außerdorf to Laufenburg
- Take the train from Waldshut Bahnhof to Baden(CH)
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ZRH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Wakefield Kirkgate
- Take the train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Pontefract Tanshelf
10h 1m£94–240Train to Basel, fly to Humberside Airport, train
- Take the train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Humberside Airport (HUY)BSL - HUY
- Take the train from Barnetby to Doncaster
11h 17m£136–621Train to Basel, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BSL - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Wakefield Westgate
10h 19m£109–406Fly Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Wakefield Westgate
10h 42m£144–321
Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Buchen to Pontefract is to train and fly which costs £75 - £210 and takes 10h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Buchen to Pontefract is to train and fly which takes 9h 3m and costs £70 - £230.
The distance between Buchen and Pontefract is 828 miles.
The best way to get from Buchen to Pontefract without a car is to bus via Paris which takes 28h 32m and costs £150 - £300.
It takes approximately 12h 21m to get from Buchen to Pontefract, including transfers.
The best way to get from Buchen to Pontefract is to train which takes 12h 21m and costs £140 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 26h 9m.
There are 1384+ hotels available in Pontefract.
What companies run services between Buchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Pontefract, England?
You can take a vehicle from Buchen to Pontefract Tanshelf via Laufenburg, Basel SBB, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Wakefield Westgate in around 12h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Buchen to Stuart Road A via Tecknau, Olten, Olten Gosgerstrasse, Luxembourg P&R Gasperich/Howald, Howald, P&R Howald, Hollerich, P+R Bouillon, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria, and Leeds City Bus Station in around 26h 9m.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Basel to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–750
Flights from Basel to Humberside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–800
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Basel to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Basel to Humberside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–800
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 Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–90
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- 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
- £90–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- 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
- £35–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- £60–250
- 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 Wakefield Westgate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £210–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Laufenburg to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Wakefield Kirkgate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Barnetby to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Waldshut Bahnhof to Baden(CH)
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Waldshut Bahnhof to Baden(CH)
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Pontefract Tanshelf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–9
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Pontefract Tanshelf
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Wakefield Westgate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Colmar to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Olten Gosgerstrasse to Luxembourg P&R Gasperich/Howald
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- rheinneckarbus@deutschebahn.com
- Website
- efa-bw.de
Bus from Hottingen Außerdorf to Laufenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-bawue.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 996633
- Website
- dbregiobus-bawue.de
Bus from Hottingen Außerdorf to Laufenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-bawue.de
- 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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