There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Arnhem by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78 / ...
6h 21m€111–268Fly Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
5h 8m€83–280Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dusseldorf Central Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 35mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Duesseldorf Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain Stoptrein RE19
9h 48m€98–343Drive 644.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Arnhemcar 644.6 km
5h 27m€115–166Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraaltrain 43N
8h 27m€120–290Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 27m€144–376Fly Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BSL - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
7h 50m€96–307Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
7h 19m€112–373Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Arnhem Centraaltrain
8h 10m€148–377Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 50m€178–464Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
7h 33m€129–361
Basel to Arnhem by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Arnhem is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which costs €110 - €270 and takes 6h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Arnhem is to fly and train which takes 5h 8m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Arnhem station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Arnhem Centraal Station via Düsseldorf central bus station and Essen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 35m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Arnhem Centraal. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 27m.
The distance between Basel and Arnhem is 651 km. The road distance is 644.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Arnhem without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 21m and costs €110 - €270.
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Basel to Arnhem, including transfers.
Basel to Arnhem bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Arnhem train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Arnhem is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 21m and costs €110 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 35m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Arnhem, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Arnhem Centraal via Frankfurt in around 6h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Arnhem Centraal Station via Düsseldorf central bus station, Essen central train station, and Essen Hbf in around 9h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–264
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–264
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–60
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dusseldorf Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Arnhem bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Dusseldorf Central Bus Station.
Basel to Arnhem train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Arnhem is 645 km. It takes approximately 5h 27m to drive from Basel to Arnhem.
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