There are 12 ways to get from Sunderland to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, plane, train, 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 via Paris
best- Take the train from Sunderland to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
11h 27mCHF 302–517Fly Newcastle to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Basel (BSL)plane NCL - BSL
7h 30mCHF 81–208Bus via London
- Take the bus from Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FRbus
22h 19mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sunderland to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
13h 24mFly Newcastle to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NCL - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 23mCHF 119–329Train
- Take the train from Newcastle 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
11h 42mCHF 296–504Bus
- Take the bus from Interchange to Nelson Street N2bus 172
- Take the bus from Bradford to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
24h 27mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sunderland to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
14h 30mCHF 193–316Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Sunderland to Thornabytrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MME - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 16mCHF 197–624Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 32mCHF 140–410Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
7h 13mCHF 102–319Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Newcastle to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 38mCHF 144–387
Sunderland to Basel by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sunderland to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 80 - SFr 210 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sunderland to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct bus from Sunderland to Basel. However, there are services departing from Interchange and arriving at Basel, Brausebad via London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Sunderland to Basel. However, there are services departing from Sunderland and arriving at Basel Sbb via Newcastle, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 42m.
The distance between Sunderland and Basel is 1402 km.
The best way to get from Sunderland to Basel without a car is to train via Paris which takes 11h 27m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Sunderland to Basel, including transfers.
Sunderland to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Interchange station.
Sunderland to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Newcastle station.
The best way to get from Sunderland to Basel is to train via Paris which takes 11h 27m and costs SFr 300 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus via London, which costs and takes 22h 19m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 210 and takes 7h 30m.
What companies run services between Sunderland, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Sunderland to Basel Sbb via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 11h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Interchange to Basel, Brausebad via London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon, Basel Euroairport FR, and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft in around 22h 19m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–350
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Zurich Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–340
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–160
Train from Sunderland to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–130
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- 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
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- 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 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
- 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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sunderland to Thornaby
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Interchange to Nelson Street N2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Sunderland to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Sunderland. It is currently 1:38 PM in Sunderland and 2:38 PM in Basel.
Sunderland to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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