There are 13 ways to get from Lichfield to Basel by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, plane, car ferry, or train
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 Lichfield Trent Valley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
9h 28mCHF 281–513Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Birmingham - Jennens Road to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus
21h 50mCHF 72–122Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lichfield to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Baselcar
11h 21mCHF 281–364Fly Birmingham Airport to Basel
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Basel (BSL)plane BHX - BSL
6h 45mCHF 80–195Train
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley 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
10h 18mCHF 248–461Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBBbus
25h 20mCHF 105–174Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lichfield to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Baselcar
12h 22mCHF 183–319Fly Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 24mCHF 120–289Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
6h 38mCHF 123–394Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley to Crewetrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Basel (BSL)plane MAN - BSL
7h 5mCHF 84–265Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Basel (BSL)plane LGW - BSL
6h 30mCHF 108–354Train to London City Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 37mCHF 167–525Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LHR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 57mCHF 148–408
Lichfield to Basel by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lichfield to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 21h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lichfield to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 290.
No, there is no direct bus from Lichfield station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via Birmingham - Jennens Road, London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Lichfield to Basel. However, there are services departing from Lichfield City and arriving at Basel Sbb via Lichfield Trent Valley, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 28m.
The distance between Lichfield and Basel is 1166 km.
The best way to get from Lichfield to Basel without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 28m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 9h 28m to get from Lichfield to Basel, including transfers.
Lichfield to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Birmingham Coach Station.
Lichfield to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Lichfield Trent Valley station.
The best way to get from Lichfield to Basel is to train via Paris which takes 9h 28m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 130 and takes 21h 50m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 80 - SFr 200 and takes 6h 45m.
What companies run services between Lichfield, England and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Lichfield City to Basel Sbb via Lichfield Trent Valley, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) via Dale House, Birmingham - Jennens Road, London Victoria, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg in around 21h 50m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–25
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 129
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- CHF 129
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–27
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Birmingham - Jennens Road to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Lichfield to Basel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Basel is 1h ahead of Lichfield. It is currently 4:08 PM in Lichfield and 5:08 PM in Basel.
Lichfield to Basel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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