There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Bielefeld by train, bus, night train, car, train (Trenitalia), or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Hagen Hbftrain 43
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain 19 / ...
6h 27m€110–136Train via Mannheim
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55
8h 13m€72–204Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hanover central bus stationbus N33
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhofbus Dnipro
11h 49m€90–141Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain Re
10h 7m€82–318Drive 580.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Bielefeldcar 580.4 km
5h 16m€100–144Fly Basel to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BSL - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
7h 26m€133–264Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
6h 47m€135–318Train 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 D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
6h 50m€116–296Train to Frankfurt, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane FRA - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
6h 39m€130–290Fly Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane BSL - FMO
- Take the train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
8h 48m€149–367Train 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 Bielefeld Hbftrain
7h 31m€112–320
Basel to Bielefeld by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bielefeld is to bus which costs €90 - €150 and takes 11h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bielefeld is to drive which takes 5h 16m and costs €95 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bielefeld. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof via Hannover Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Bielefeld. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Bielefeld Hbf via Hagen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 27m.
The distance between Basel and Bielefeld is 675 km. The road distance is 580.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bielefeld without a car is to train which takes 6h 27m and costs €110 - €140.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Basel to Bielefeld, including transfers.
Basel to Bielefeld bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Bielefeld train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Bielefeld is to train which takes 6h 27m and costs €110 - €140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €150 and takes 11h 49m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bielefeld, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Bielefeld Hbf via Hagen Hbf in around 6h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof via Hanover central bus station and Hannover Hbf in around 11h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–450
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–600
Flights from Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- 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 Basel SBB to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Bielefeld bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Basel to Bielefeld train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hagen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bielefeld is 580 km. It takes approximately 5h 16m to drive from Basel to Bielefeld.
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