There are 12 ways to get from Poole to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
10h 11mCHF 283–523Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Baselbus
20hCHF 89–165Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Poole to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
11h 2mCHF 272–352Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
6h 22mCHF 112–344Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
14h 2mCHF 180–644Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Basel SBBbus
23h 35mCHF 93–185Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Poole to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
12h 5mCHF 157–283Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 46mCHF 142–401Train to London City Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 45mCHF 186–598Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Basel (BSL)plane LGW - BSL
7h 6mCHF 128–336Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LGW - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 30mCHF 163–413Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 8mCHF 160–405
Poole to Basel by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 85 - SFr 170 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 22m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Poole station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Seldown Coach Station and arriving at Basel via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Poole to Basel. However, there are services departing from Poole and arriving at Basel Sbb via Waterloo station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 11m.
The distance between Poole and Basel is 1163 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Basel without a car is to train which takes 10h 11m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 10h 11m to get from Poole to Basel, including transfers.
Poole to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Seldown Coach Station.
Poole to Basel train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Poole station.
The best way to get from Poole to Basel is to train which takes 10h 11m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 170 and takes 20h.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Poole to Basel Sbb via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 10h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seldown Coach Station to Basel via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg in around 20h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–390
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–360
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–240
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 128
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- CHF 128
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–360
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- CHF 50–90
- Car Single Ticket
- CHF 130–360
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Poole to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Basel is 1h ahead of Poole. It is currently 7:47 AM in Poole and 8:47 AM in Basel.
Poole to Basel train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
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