There are 10 ways to get from Windermere 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 Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
6h 35mCHF 55–200Train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to London Eustontrain
- 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
12h 21mCHF 245–576Train, bus
- Take the train from Windermere to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Take the bus from Bradford to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
25h 22mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Windermere to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
13h 47mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 59mCHF 85–264Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
7h 53mCHF 91–370Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Basel (BSL)plane NCL - BSL
9h 32mCHF 105–288Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Basel (BSL)plane LBA - BSL
10h 21mCHF 84–293Drive, bus
- Drive from Windermere to National Express Coach Facilitycar
- Take the bus from National Express Coach Facility to Aintree Festival Zone Packagebus Gn1
- Take the bus from Aintree Festival Zone Package to Sheffield Interchange/E2bus Gn4
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBBbus
26h 33mCHF 109–159Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Windermere to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
14h 52mCHF 217–315
Windermere to Basel by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Windermere to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 55 - SFr 200 and takes 6h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Windermere to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 35m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 200.
No, there is no direct train from Windermere to Basel. However, there are services departing from Windermere and arriving at Basel Sbb via Oxenholme Lake District, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 21m.
The distance between Windermere and Basel is 1097 km.
The best way to get from Windermere to Basel without a car is to train which takes 12h 21m and costs SFr 240 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Windermere to Basel, including transfers.
Windermere to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Oxenholme Lake District station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Windermere. It is currently 5:32 PM in Windermere and 6:32 PM in Basel.
Windermere to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Book your Windermere to Basel train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Windermere, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Windermere to Basel Sbb via Oxenholme Lake District, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, and Strasbourg in around 12h 21m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–190
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 19–27
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 29–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 14–20
- 1st Class
- CHF 29–35
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–31
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 26–31
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 13–18
Train from Windermere to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 9–13
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 6–9
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–14
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 11–14
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- CHF 8–11
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- CHF 95–140
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- CHF 160–230
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- CHF 55–85
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- CHF 110–160
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–80
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- CHF 19–27
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- CHF 15–22
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 60–85
- Comfort
- CHF 65–95
- Premium
- CHF 90–120
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 120–160
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- 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 21–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
- 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 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from National Express Coach Facility to Aintree Festival Zone Package
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Aintree Festival Zone Package to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 45–65
- 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 30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 70–170
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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