There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Esbjerg by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Neumünstertrain 20
- Take the train from Neumuenster to Kolding St.train Ece
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.train Ic / ...
11h 26mkr 1,300–1,591Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminalbus 353 / ...
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus 144
19h 45mkr 703–1,120Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altonanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebülltrain Re6
- Take the train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.train 030
15h 55mDrive 1,069.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Esbjergcar 1,069.6 km
9h 24mkr 1,416–2,045Train via Niebüll
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altonatrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebülltrain Re6
- Take the train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.train 030
14h 18mDrive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Esbjergcar
9h 7mkr 1,534–2,099Fly from Basel, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BSL - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
7h 23mkr 863–4,589Train to Zurich Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane ZRH - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
8h 29mkr 1,175–2,731Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane FRA - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminalbus
7h 46mkr 1,049–2,733
Basel to Esbjerg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to bus which costs 700 kr - 1200 kr and takes 19h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to fly and bus which takes 7h 23m and costs 850 kr - 4600 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Esbjerg. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Esbjerg Busterminal via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Vejle Trafikcenter and Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Esbjerg. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Esbjerg St. via Neumuenster and Kolding St.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 26m.
The distance between Basel and Esbjerg is 1160 km. The road distance is 1069.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Esbjerg without a car is to train which takes 11h 26m and costs 1300 kr - 1600 kr.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Basel to Esbjerg, including transfers.
Basel to Esbjerg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Esbjerg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Esbjerg is to train which takes 11h 26m and costs 1300 kr - 1600 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 700 kr - 1200 kr and takes 19h 45m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Esbjerg, Denmark?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Esbjerg St. via Neumuenster and Kolding St. in around 11h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Esbjerg Busterminal via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Vejle Busterminal, Vejle Trafikcenter, and Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport in around 19h 45m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 650–3,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,200
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 550–3,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Neumünster
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 400–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 200–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Neumuenster to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 250–390
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 85–140
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 500–2,050
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- kr 1,900–2,050
- Couchette Carriage
- kr 1,100–1,400
- Seating Carriage
- kr 500–650
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Niebüll
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 210–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Tønder St. to Esbjerg St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,300–2,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–850
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- kr 160–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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 Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 470–700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Vejle Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 150–350
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Esbjerg Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 40–60
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Esbjerg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Basel to Esbjerg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Neumünster station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Esbjerg is 1070 km. It takes approximately 9h 24m to drive from Basel to Esbjerg.
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