There are 12 ways to get from Inverness to Bern by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel, train
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Basel (BSL)plane INV - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
9h 24mCHF 138–296Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Bernbus
30h 40mCHF 110–189Train
- 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 Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
17h 10mCHF 424–691Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Berncar
19h 42mFly 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 Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 40mCHF 165–326Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane INV - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
9h 58mCHF 155–326Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Basel
- 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
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
10h 11mTrain, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
10h 7mTrain, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EDI - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
11h 36mTrain via Strasbourg
- 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 l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
17h 28mCHF 435–751Train, 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
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
24h 30mCHF 196–390Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Berncar
20h 48mCHF 293–431
Inverness to Bern by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 110 - SFr 190 and takes 30h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Bern is to fly and train which takes 8h 40m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Bern via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Bern. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Bern via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
The distance between Inverness and Bern is 1472 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Bern without a car is to train which takes 17h 10m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 700.
It takes approximately 9h 24m to get from Inverness to Bern, including transfers.
Inverness to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Bern train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Bern is to train which takes 17h 10m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 110 - SFr 190 and takes 30h 40m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Inverness to Bern via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 17h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Bern via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 30h 40m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–410
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–230
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–310
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- CHF 220–310
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- CHF 75–110
- 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 90–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 90–130
- Comfort
- CHF 100–150
- Premium
- CHF 140–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 30–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- CHF 220–240
- Sleeper Seat
- CHF 60–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- CHF 250–300
Train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- CHF 220–250
- Sleeper Seat
- CHF 75–95
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- CHF 370–430
- 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 65–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–100
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 100–150
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–80
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–180
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- 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 30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- 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 45–65
- 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 30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 70–170
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Bern is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 12:50 PM in Inverness and 1:50 PM in Bern.
Inverness to Bern train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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