There are 11 ways to get from Solothurn to Manchester by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
best- Take the train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ZRH - MAN
5h 28m£73–231Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Shudehill Interchange
23h 31m£62–111Train
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
11h 34m£148–626Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Solothurn to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchester
13h 34mTrain, train to Basel, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Solothurn to Olten
- Take the train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)BSL - MAN
5h 39m£62–244Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)GVA - MAN
6h 47m£72–231Fly Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)BSL - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
9h 24m£82–263Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
7h 40m£126–300Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to StrasbourgTer
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
11h 52m£188–660Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
25h 20mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Solothurn to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchester
14h 29m£200–291
Solothurn to Manchester by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Solothurn to Manchester is to bus which costs £60 - £120 and takes 23h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Solothurn to Manchester is to train and fly which takes 5h 28m and costs £70 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Solothurn to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Solothurn, Baseltor and arriving at Shudehill Interchange via Bern, Bahnhof, Bern, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Solothurn to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Solothurn and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Olten, Basel Sbb, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 52m.
The distance between Solothurn and Manchester is 702 miles.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 11h 34m and costs £140 - £650.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Solothurn to Manchester, including transfers.
Solothurn to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Solothurn to Manchester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Basel Sbb station.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Manchester is to train which takes 11h 34m and costs £140 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £120 and takes 23h 31m.
What companies run services between Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland and Manchester, England?
You can take a train from Solothurn to Manchester Piccadilly via Olten, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 11h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Solothurn, Baseltor to Shudehill Interchange via Bern, Bahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, and London Victoria in around 23h 31m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–340
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–260
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–340
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Solothurn to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £5–8
- 2nd Class
- £6–9
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–50
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–27
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Solothurn to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon station.
Manchester is 1h behind Solothurn. It is currently 6:16 PM in Solothurn and 5:16 PM in Manchester.
Solothurn to Manchester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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