There are 12 ways to get from Bern to Ilkley by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car 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 to Basel, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane BSL - LBA
8h 39m£104–245Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Stationbus
22h 49m£86–135Train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
17h 28m£356–622Train, night train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Basel Bad Bf to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
20h 17m£312–545Train to Basel, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BSL - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
8h£107–259Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZRH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
7h 58m£104–270Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GVA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
9h 11m£105–265Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZRH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leedstrain
8h 50m£161–326Train to Basel, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BSL - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
9h 14m£167–383Train to Zurich Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
8h 50m£194–483Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bern to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Ilkleycar
14h 5m£290–372Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bern to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Ilkleycar
15h 1m£198–331
Bern to Ilkley by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Ilkley is to bus which costs £85 - £140 and takes 22h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Ilkley is to train and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs £100 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Ilkley. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Railway Road via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria and Leeds City Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Ilkley. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Ilkley via Basel SBB, Mannheim Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, King's Cross and Leeds. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 28m.
The distance between Bern and Ilkley is 674 miles.
The best way to get from Bern to Ilkley without a car is to train which takes 17h 28m and costs £350 - £650.
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Bern to Ilkley, including transfers.
Bern to Ilkley bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Ilkley train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Ilkley is to train which takes 17h 28m and costs £350 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £140 and takes 22h 49m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Ilkley, England?
You can take a train from Bern to Ilkley via Basel SBB, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Mannheim Hbf, Amsterdam Centraal, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Leeds in around 17h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Railway Road via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, and Leeds City Bus Station in around 22h 49m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Basel to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–350
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–310
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–390
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £60–90
- 2nd Class
- £45–65
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £85–100
- Couchette Carriage
- £60–70
- Seating Carriage
- £35–45
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Bern to Ilkley bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon station.
Ilkley is 1h behind Bern. It is currently 4:35 PM in Bern and 3:35 PM in Ilkley.
Bern to Ilkley train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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