There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Heide by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Kassel
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Elmshorn to Heide(Holst)train Re6
10h 18m€162–193Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)train
6h 36m€66–226Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N33
- Take the bus from Bf. Altona to Heide(Holst) Bahnhofbus Re6
15h 58m€69–113Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altonanighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)train Re6 / ...
12h 5m€91–300Drive 905.8 km
- Drive from Basel to Heidecar 905.8 km
7h 31m€158–228Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altonatrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)train Re6 / ...
10h 28m€153–296Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Altonacartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Altona to Heidecar
7h 13m€174–236Train 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-Altona to Heide(Holst)train
7h 46m€132–285Train, 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-Altona to Heide(Holst)train
8h 28m€152–333Fly Basel to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane BSL - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg-Altonatrain
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)train
9h 25m€173–407Train 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 Hamburg-Altonatrain
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)train
9h 20m€189–426
Basel to Heide by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Heide is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 15h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Heide is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs €65 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Heide. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Heide(Holst) Bahnhof via Hauptbahnhof/ZOB and Bf. Altona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Heide. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Heide(Holst) via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf and Elmshorn. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 18m.
The distance between Basel and Heide is 956 km. The road distance is 905.8 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Heide without a car is to train via Kassel which takes 10h 18m and costs €160 - €200.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Basel to Heide, including transfers.
Basel to Heide bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Heide train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Heide is to train via Kassel which takes 10h 18m and costs €160 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €120 and takes 15h 58m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Heide(Holst) via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Hamburg Hbf, and Elmshorn in around 10h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Heide(Holst) Bahnhof via Hamburg central bus station, Hauptbahnhof/ZOB, and Bf. Altona in around 15h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Basel to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Basel to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- 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
- €55–330
Flights from Basel to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–150
- 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
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Elmshorn to Heide(Holst)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Heide(Holst)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- 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 Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Bf. Altona to Heide(Holst) Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Heide bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Basel to Heide train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Heide is 906 km. It takes approximately 7h 31m to drive from Basel to Heide.
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