There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Cholet by train (Trenitalia, TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or train (TGV)
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 Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Angers Saint-Laudtrain
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Cholettrain Ter
8h 32m€174–331Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Angers - Bus Station Esplanadebus
- Take the bus from Gare Routière et SNCF to Pont de Lattrebus 407
16h 10m€76–126Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Angersbus 714 / ...
- Take the bus from Gare Routière et SNCF to Pont de Lattrebus 407
15h 58m€79–118Drive 742.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Choletcar 742.8 km
8h 53m€156–226Fly from Basel, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BSL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Cholettrain
6h 17m€86–266Train
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Angers St Laudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Cholettrain Ter
10h 20m€187–309Train to Zurich Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane ZRH - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Cholettrain
9h 11m€135–376Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane GVA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Cholettrain
9h 19m€131–355
Basel to Cholet by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cholet is to bus which costs €75 - €130 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cholet is to fly and train which takes 6h 17m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Cholet. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Pont de Lattre via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Gare Routière et SNCF. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Cholet. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Cholet via Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf, Gare de l'Est, Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 and Angers St Laud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 32m.
The distance between Basel and Cholet is 947 km. The road distance is 742.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cholet without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 32m and costs €170 - €340.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Basel to Cholet, including transfers.
Basel to Cholet bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Cholet train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Cholet is to train via Paris which takes 8h 32m and costs €170 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs €75 - €120 and takes 15h 58m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cholet, France?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Cholet via Freiburg Hauptbahnhof, Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2, and Angers St Laud in around 8h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Pont de Lattre via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Angers, and Gare Routière et SNCF in around 15h 58m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €20–27
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Angers Saint-Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Angers Saint-Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers St Laud to Cholet
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Cholet
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers St Laud to Cholet
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Cholet
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Cholet
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Angers
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 02 41 22 72 95
- Website
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare Routière et SNCF to Pont de Lattre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare Routière et SNCF to Pont de Lattre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Angers - Bus Station Esplanade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Basel to Cholet bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Basel to Cholet train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Freiburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Cholet is 743 km. It takes approximately 8h 53m to drive from Basel to Cholet.
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