There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Cottbus by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BSL - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 44m€76–285Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
10h 1m€164–612Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dusseldorf Central Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf to Cottbusbus Mykolayiv
14hNight train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Dresden-Neustadtnighttrain En
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re18
12h 24m€194–337Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 53m€104–344Fly Basel to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BSL - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 35m€179–538Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ZRH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 54m€192–537Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane STR - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 15m€150–423Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 12N
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re18
12h 24m€172–444Drive 833.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Cottbuscar 833.4 km
7h 15m€148–214
Basel to Cottbus by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cottbus is to fly and train which costs €75 - €290 and takes 5h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cottbus is to fly and train which takes 5h 44m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Cottbus via Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via Frankfurt and Leipzig Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between Basel and Cottbus is 792 km. The road distance is 833.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Cottbus without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 1m and costs €160 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 44m to get from Basel to Cottbus, including transfers.
Basel to Cottbus bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Cottbus train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Cottbus is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 1m and costs €160 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 14h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cottbus, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via Frankfurt and Leipzig Hbf in around 10h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Cottbus via Dusseldorf Central Bus Station and Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf in around 14h.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–490
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–440
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,900
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Night train from Basel Sbb to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- 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
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf to Cottbus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Cottbus bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Dusseldorf Central Bus Station.
Basel to Cottbus train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Cottbus is 833 km. It takes approximately 7h 15m to drive from Basel to Cottbus.
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