There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Esens by train, night train, bus, car, plane, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Osnabrück Hbftrain 43
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Esenstrain Rb59
10h 1m€199–553Night train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Bremen Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Bremen Hbf to Bensersiel Anlegerbus
12h 23m€65–142Drive 813.5 km
- Drive from Basel to Esenscar 813.5 km
7h 21m€142–205Fly Basel to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane BSL - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
8h 22m€171–499Train via Wilhelmshaven
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Osnabrück Hbftrain 43
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train Re18 / ...
10h 8m€196–546Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Esenscar
11h 16m€127–173Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane ZRH - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
8h 26m€193–576Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
8h 26m€120–443Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane FRA - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
8h 2m€218–625Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
9h 35m€167–570Train 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 Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)train
10h 3m€215–611Fly Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Groningentrain
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Norden(Ostfriesl)train
10h 34m€134–400
Basel to Esens by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Esens is to night train and bus which costs €65 - €150 and takes 12h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Esens is to drive which takes 7h 21m and costs €140 - €210.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Esens. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Esens via Osnabrück Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between Basel and Esens is 886 km. The road distance is 813.5 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Esens without a car is to train which takes 10h 1m and costs €190 - €600.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Basel to Esens, including transfers.
Basel to Esens train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Esens train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Osnabrück Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Esens is 813 km. It takes approximately 7h 21m to drive from Basel to Esens.
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What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Esens, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Esens via Osnabrück Hbf in around 10h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–600
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–480
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–460
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Norden(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Esens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
Train from Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Sande(Kr Friesland)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Oldenburg(Oldb) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Norden(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- 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 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Groningen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €45–50
- Phone
- 04971 - 9258 0
- Website
- ostfrieslandexpress.de
Bus from Bremen Hbf to Bensersiel Anleger
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- ostfrieslandexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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