There are 9 ways to get from Limerick to Basel by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shannon Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL)plane SNN - BSL
7h 46mCHF 83–236Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Basel (BSL)plane KIR - BSL
19h 45mCHF 53–174Train, ferry
- Take the train from Limerick to Newbridgetrain Re
- Take the train from Newbridge to Dublin Connollytrain Re / ...
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
31h 43mCHF 539–1,291Bus
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Bonnbus
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhofbus
3d 13hCHF 121–439Bus to Cork Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Basel (BSL)plane ORK - BSL
8h 34mCHF 95–281Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
6h 52mCHF 81–228Fly Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SNN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 44mCHF 129–385Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 15mCHF 102–287Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Limerick to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Baselcar
34h 9mCHF 551–924
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Limerick to Basel is to bus and fly which costs SFr 50 - SFr 180 and takes 19h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Limerick to Basel is to bus and fly which takes 6h 52m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Limerick to Basel. However, there are services departing from Limerick Arthurs Qy and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Airport Zone 11, Dublin, Rădăuți and Bonn Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 13h.
The distance between Limerick and Basel is 1335 km.
The best way to get from Limerick to Basel without a car is to train and ferry which takes 31h 43m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1300.
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Limerick to Basel, including transfers.
Limerick to Basel bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Limerick Arthurs Qy station.
The best way to get from Limerick to Basel is to fly which takes 7h 46m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 440 and takes 3 days 13h.
Limerick to Basel bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Terminal 1 Zone 2 station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Limerick. It is currently 10:06 PM in Limerick and 11:06 PM in Basel.
What companies run services between Limerick, Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
Aer Lingus, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Basel, Bahnhof via Terminal 1 Zone 2, Airport Zone 11, Lanesborough Pk, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Bonn Hbf in around 3d 13h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–410
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Cork Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Kerry Airport to Basel via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Limerick to Newbridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 13–19
Train from Newbridge to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 4–7
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 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
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–160
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 42–46
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–700
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 411
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