There are 12 ways to get from York to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, plane, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
9h 34mCHF 139–556Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
6h 10mCHF 72–210Train, bus
- Take the train from York to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strassebus
22h 1mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from York to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
12h 22mTrain via Strasbourg
- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
9h 52mCHF 176–534Bus
- Take the bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 561 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FRbus
22h 24mCHF 77–163Drive, car ferry
- Drive from York to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
13h 23mCHF 201–303Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Basel (BSL)plane LBA - BSL
7h 55mCHF 77–197Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from York 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 39mCHF 82–254Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from York to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Basel (BSL)plane MME - BSL
7h 39mCHF 123–686Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
6h 46mCHF 99–366Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from York to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Basel (BSL)plane HUY - BSL
8h 33mCHF 136–749
York to Basel by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from York to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 170 and takes 22h 24m.
The fastest way to get from York to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 10m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 210.
No, there is no direct bus from York station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Rail Station and arriving at Basel, Brausebad via London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from York to Basel. However, there are services departing from York and arriving at Basel Sbb via London St Pancras Intl and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 34m.
The distance between York and Basel is 1277 km.
The best way to get from York to Basel without a car is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from York to Basel, including transfers.
York to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Rail Station.
York to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from York station.
The best way to get from York to Basel is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 170 and takes 22h 24m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 200 and takes 7h 55m.
What companies run services between York, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from York to Basel Sbb via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 9h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rail Station to Basel, Brausebad via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon, Basel Euroairport FR, and Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft in around 22h 24m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Humberside Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Humberside Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Humberside Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Humberside Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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 Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Basel via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–90
- 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 65–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from York to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from York to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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 York to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–15
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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 l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- 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 27–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- CHF 220–250
- Sleeper Seat
- CHF 60–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- CHF 240–280
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–32
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–65
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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 70–180
- On Foot
- CHF 30–40
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More Questions & Answers
York to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Basel is 1h ahead of York. It is currently 5:53 AM in York and 6:53 AM in Basel.
York to Basel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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