There are 11 ways to get from Liverpool to Basel by train, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
5h 39mCHF 74–206Fly Liverpool to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Basel (BSL)plane LPL - BSL
9h 23mCHF 56–223Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street 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
9h 38mCHF 292–495Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One 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
21h 55mCHF 86–150Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Liverpool to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
12h 50mCHF 304–397Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 57mCHF 108–317Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Basel (BSL)plane LBA - BSL
8h 39mCHF 108–265Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 32mCHF 141–372Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
7h 4mCHF 158–397Bus via Ghent
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
26h 14mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
13h 50mCHF 186–327
Liverpool to Basel by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 55 - SFr 230 and takes 9h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h 39m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 210.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Basel. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Basel. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Basel Sbb via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 38m.
The distance between Liverpool and Basel is 1017 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Basel without a car is to train which takes 9h 38m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 5h 39m to get from Liverpool to Basel, including transfers.
Liverpool to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Basel is to train which takes 9h 38m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 150 and takes 21h 55m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 55 - SFr 230 and takes 9h 23m.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Basel Sbb via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via London Victoria, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg in around 21h 55m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
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
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Liverpool to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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 120–210
- 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 95–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- 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 29–85
- 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 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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 35–60
- 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 26–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- National Express
- 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
- +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 9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Liverpool to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 9:59 PM in Liverpool and 10:59 PM in Basel.
Liverpool to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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