There are 12 ways to get from Arnhem to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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 Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
6h 12mCHF 89–386Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
8h 17mCHF 60–150Bus
- Take the bus from Arnhem Centraal Station to Essen Hbfbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 38mDrive 642.9 km
- Drive from Arnhem to Baselcar 642.9 km
5h 24mCHF 104–150Train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBBtrain 43N
8h 43mCHF 65–280Train, bus
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N11
12h 15mCHF 78–116Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
7h 5mCHF 121–344Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 10mCHF 142–377Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 4mCHF 110–355Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 40mCHF 115–357Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 58mCHF 126–359Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane AMS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
8hCHF 141–413
Arnhem to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arnhem to Basel is to night train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 150 and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Arnhem to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 24m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Arnhem station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Arnhem Centraal Station and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Essen central train station and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 38m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Arnhem Centraal and arriving at Basel Sbb. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 17m.
The distance between Arnhem and Basel is 668 km. The road distance is 642.9 km.
The best way to get from Arnhem to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 6h 12m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 390.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Arnhem to Basel, including transfers.
Arnhem to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Arnhem Centraal Station.
Arnhem to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Arnhem Centraal station.
The best way to get from Arnhem to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 6h 12m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 38m.
What companies run services between Arnhem, Netherlands and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel Bad Bf via Frankfurt(Main)Hbf and Frankfurt in around 6h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Arnhem Centraal Station to Basel, Bahnhof via Essen Hbf, Essen central train station, and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station in around 9h 38m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–490
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–60
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–45
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Arnhem Centraal Station to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Arnhem Centraal Station to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leverkusen to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Arnhem to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Essen Hbf station.
Arnhem to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Arnhem to Basel is 643 km. It takes approximately 5h 24m to drive from Arnhem to Basel.
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