There are 11 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Basel by plane, busferry, train, car, car ferry, bus, or 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 George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL)plane BHD - BSL
6h 19mCHF 101–267Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
6h 43mCHF 76–238Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
21h 5mCHF 297–504Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Belfast to Dublin Terminal 1car
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Baselcar
31h 1mCHF 638–1,651Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- 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
32h 27mCHF 132–233Fly Belfast International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Basel (BSL)plane BFS - BSL
7h 4mCHF 88–177Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 42mCHF 156–361Fly Belfast International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BFS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 7mCHF 123–331Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 7mCHF 101–302Train, ferry
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain Ic
- 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 8mCHF 528–1,282Bus and ferry, bus via London
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel SBBbus
34h 36mCHF 114–186
Northern Ireland to Basel by busferry and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 85 - SFr 180 and takes 7h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 19m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 270.
No, there is no direct bus from Northern Ireland to Basel. However, there are services departing from Victoria Square Victoria Street and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via Belfast Stena Line Terminus, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 27m.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Basel is 1226 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Basel without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 21h 5m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Northern Ireland to Basel, including transfers.
Northern Ireland to Basel bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Northern Ireland to Basel bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Northern Ireland. It is currently 7:24 AM in Northern Ireland and 8:24 AM in Basel.
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What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM, easyJet, and British Airways fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Zurich Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–230
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–280
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Zurich Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- 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 30–50
- 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 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–27
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 11–17
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 11–17
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- CHF 14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- CHF 4
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- CHF 4
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- CHF 4
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- National Express
- 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
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
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,400
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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