There are 11 ways to get from Windermere to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
11h 26mCHF 315–628Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- 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 115–348Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Rail Interchange to Bus Stationbus X8
- Take the bus from Bus Station Night Std to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 181
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
24h 53mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Windermere to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
13h 50mTrain
- 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 18mCHF 320–548Drive, 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 56mCHF 194–327Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 22mCHF 166–414Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 38mCHF 160–398Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
10h 22mCHF 138–493Train 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
8h 3mCHF 128–333Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
9h 33mCHF 146–443
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 110 - SFr 350 and takes 7h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Windermere to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 59m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Windermere to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bus Rail Interchange and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse via Bus Station Night Std, Birmingham and Brussels-North Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 53m.
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, Paris Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 26m.
The distance between Windermere and Basel is 1447 km.
The best way to get from Windermere to Basel without a car is to train via Paris which takes 11h 26m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Windermere to Basel, including transfers.
Windermere to Basel bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, depart from Bus Rail Interchange station.
Windermere to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Oxenholme Lake District station.
The best way to get from Windermere to Basel is to train via Paris which takes 11h 26m and costs SFr 310 - SFr 650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 24h 53m.
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, Paris Nord, Paris Est, and Strasbourg in around 11h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Rail Interchange to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse via Bus Station Night Std, Birmingham Coach Station, Birmingham, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, and Brussels-North Station in around 24h 53m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
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
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–140
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
- 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 95–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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 Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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 Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- 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 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
- 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
- +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 30–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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 30–65
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Bus from Bus Rail Interchange to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station Night Std to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–29
- 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
- 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 17–29
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Windermere to Basel bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, arrive at Bus Station.
Basel is 1h ahead of Windermere. It is currently 12:12 PM in Windermere and 1:12 PM in Basel.
Windermere to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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