There are 13 ways to get from Chester to Interlaken by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain Ice
12h 33mCHF 290–619Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MAN - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Spieztrain
10h 9mCHF 61–275Bus
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queenswaybus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Zurichbus
- Take the bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Sonnenhofbus
25h 37mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Interlakencar
14h 18mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain
8h 19mCHF 75–359Train via Paris
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain Ice
12h 51mCHF 293–622Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain Ice
28h 6mCHF 94–303Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Interlakencar
15h 23mCHF 197–313Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
8h 12mCHF 118–359Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 20mCHF 117–379Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Crewe to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 13mCHF 148–414Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 35mCHF 161–552Fly Liverpool to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LPL - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
8h 56mCHF 136–384
Chester to Interlaken by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Interlaken is to train and fly which costs SFr 60 - SFr 280 and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Interlaken is to train and fly which takes 8h 12m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Interlaken Sonnenhof via Birmingham, Brussels-North Station and Zürich HB Schweizerhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Chester to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from Chester and arriving at Interlaken West via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 33m.
The distance between Chester and Interlaken is 1419 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Interlaken without a car is to train which takes 12h 33m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 12h 33m to get from Chester to Interlaken, including transfers.
Chester to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Chester to Interlaken train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Chester station.
The best way to get from Chester to Interlaken is to train which takes 12h 33m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 25h 37m.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Interlaken, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Chester to Interlaken West via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 12h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Interlaken Sonnenhof via Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Brussels-North Station, Zurich, and Zürich HB Schweizerhof in around 25h 37m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–120
Flights from Liverpool to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–95
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–5
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–29
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Sonnenhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–19
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–30
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Chester to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway station.
Interlaken is 1h ahead of Chester. It is currently 2:16 PM in Chester and 3:16 PM in Interlaken.
Chester to Interlaken train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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