There are 10 ways to get from Inverness to Basel by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Basel (BSL)plane INV - BSL
7h 38mCHF 139–262Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
8h 12mCHF 104–276Train
- Take the train from Inverness 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
15h 11mCHF 460–705Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus M90
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
28h 56mCHF 124–228Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
18h 37mCHF 389–521Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane INV - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 7mCHF 198–371Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Inverness to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Basel (BSL)plane GLA - BSL
9h 54mCHF 153–364Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Basel (BSL)plane ABZ - BSL
10h 10mCHF 135–326Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
22h 46mCHF 217–335Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
19h 38mCHF 291–476
Inverness to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 120 - SFr 230 and takes 28h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Basel is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Basel. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Basel Sbb via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 11m.
The distance between Inverness and Basel is 1372 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Basel without a car is to train which takes 15h 11m and costs SFr 460 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Inverness to Basel, including transfers.
Inverness to Basel bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Basel is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 270. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 460 - SFr 750 and takes 15h 11m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 230 and takes 28h 56m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Inverness to Basel Sbb via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 15h 11m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–450
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–470
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–450
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–300
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 129
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 129
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–200
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- CHF 30–65
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Inverness to Basel bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 1:03 AM in Inverness and 2:03 AM in Basel.
Inverness to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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