There are 11 ways to get from Ahlen to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel Bad Bftrain 43
6h 32mCHF 69–192Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Basel SBBbus N122
10h 42mCHF 49–72Train, night train
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
9h 44mCHF 66–287Drive 584.4 km
- Drive from Ahlen to Baselcar 584.4 km
5h 8mCHF 95–137Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Essen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
5h 11mCHF 153–343Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 14mCHF 102–267Fly Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Basel (BSL)plane FMO - BSL
6h 57mCHF 130–358Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 16mCHF 110–268Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Essen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 30mCHF 133–327Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
7h 25mCHF 114–347Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ahlen(Westf) to Bielefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 26mCHF 139–329
Ahlen to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ahlen to Basel is to train and bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 75 and takes 10h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Ahlen to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 8m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 140.
No, there is no direct train from Ahlen to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ahlen(Westf) and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Dortmund Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 32m.
The distance between Ahlen and Basel is 626 km. The road distance is 584.4 km.
The best way to get from Ahlen to Basel without a car is to train which takes 6h 32m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 200.
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Ahlen to Basel, including transfers.
Ahlen to Basel train services, operated by National Express, depart from Ahlen(Westf) station.
The best way to get from Ahlen to Basel is to train which takes 6h 32m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 360 and takes 6h 57m.
Ahlen to Basel train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Dortmund Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ahlen to Basel is 584 km. It takes approximately 5h 8m to drive from Ahlen to Basel.
What companies run services between Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ahlen(Westf) to Basel Bad Bf via Dortmund Hbf in around 6h 32m. Alternatively, Lufthansa City, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–300
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–440
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 140–240
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 15–23
- 1st Class
- CHF 29–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 16–24
- 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–245
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 242–245
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 40–55
- 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
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Ahlen(Westf) to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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