There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Flensburg by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Flensburgtrain 4
9h 7m€210–303Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain
6h 50m€51–210Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train stationbus 1322 / ...
15h 15m€61–105Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtornighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Elmshorn to Flensburgtrain Re7
12h 36m€102–320Drive 958.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Flensburgcar 958.8 km
7h 56m€164–237Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain Re7
9h 19m€132–265Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgcar
7h 39m€180–248Train 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 Flensburgtrain
8h€117–278Fly Basel to Billund Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane BSL - BLL
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Flensburgtrain
9h 25m€116–601Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburgtrain
8h 41m€137–337
Basel to Flensburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to bus which costs €60 - €110 and takes 15h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to fly and train which takes 6h 50m and costs €50 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Flensburg station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Flensburg central train station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Flensburg. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Flensburg via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between Basel and Flensburg is 993 km. The road distance is 958.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Flensburg without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 7m and costs €210 - €310.
It takes approximately 9h 7m to get from Basel to Flensburg, including transfers.
Basel to Flensburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Flensburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Flensburg is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 7m and costs €210 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 15h 15m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Flensburg, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Flensburg via Frankfurt in around 9h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Flensburg central train station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 15h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Billund Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €41–46
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–90
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Elmshorn to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–22
- Business
- €18–20
- 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
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Fredericia St. to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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 central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Flensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Flensburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Basel to Flensburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Flensburg is 959 km. It takes approximately 7h 56m to drive from Basel to Flensburg.
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