There are 13 ways to get from Darlington to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, plane, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Darlington to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
10h 24mCHF 299–498Train to Newcastle, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Basel (BSL)plane NCL - BSL
7h 41mCHF 92–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Darlington to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
22h 30mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Darlington to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
12h 54mFly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MME - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 54mCHF 153–513Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Darlington to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
10h 28mCHF 281–535Bus
- Take the bus from Dolphin Centre to Marble Archbus 598
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FRbus
22h 34mCHF 106–225Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Darlington to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
13h 59mCHF 187–311Train to Newcastle, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NCL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 35mCHF 129–332Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Darlington to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LBA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 7mCHF 141–354Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Darlington to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 23mCHF 113–329Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 27mCHF 148–403Train to Newcastle, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NCL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
8h 26mCHF 161–582
Darlington to Basel by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Darlington to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 100 - SFr 230 and takes 22h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Darlington to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 41m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Darlington to Basel. However, there are services departing from Dolphin Centre and arriving at Basel, Brausebad via Marble Arch, London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Darlington to Basel. However, there are services departing from Darlington and arriving at Basel Sbb via London St Pancras Intl, Paris l'Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 28m.
The distance between Darlington and Basel is 1350 km.
The best way to get from Darlington to Basel without a car is to train which takes 10h 24m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 10h 24m to get from Darlington to Basel, including transfers.
Darlington to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Dolphin Centre station.
Darlington to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Darlington station.
The best way to get from Darlington to Basel is to train which takes 10h 24m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 230 and takes 22h 34m.
What companies run services between Darlington, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Darlington to Basel Sbb via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 10h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Dolphin Centre to Basel, Brausebad via Marble Arch, Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon, Basel Euroairport FR, and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft in around 22h 34m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–350
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Darlington to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.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 130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Darlington to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- 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 to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Dolphin Centre to Marble Arch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- 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 8–20
- 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 6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Darlington to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Marble Arch station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Darlington. It is currently 12:36 AM in Darlington and 1:36 AM in Basel.
Darlington to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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