There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Hildesheim by train, night train, car, plane, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain 12
5h 19m€110–240Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Basel Sbb to Hannover Messe/Laatzennighttrain Nj
9h 20m€51–129Drive 627.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Hildesheimcar 627.9 km
5h 7m€113–163Fly Basel to Hannover Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BSL - HAJ
6h 32m€119–314Car train
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
9h 2m€101–130Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hannover Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
5h 56m€171–404Train to Frankfurt, fly to Hannover Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane FRA - HAJ
5h 42m€162–287Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 27m€96–373Train 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 Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 36m€153–353Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 39m€178–484
Basel to Hildesheim by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Hildesheim is to night train which costs €50 - €130 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hildesheim is to drive which takes 5h 7m and costs €110 - €170.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof. Services depart every four hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 19m.
The distance between Basel and Hildesheim is 645 km. The road distance is 627.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Hildesheim without a car is to train which takes 5h 19m and costs €110 - €240.
The train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof takes 5h 19m including transfers and departs every four hours.
Basel to Hildesheim train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Hildesheim is to train which takes 5h 19m and costs €110 - €240. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €110 - €320 and takes 6h 32m.
Basel to Hildesheim train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Hildesheim is 628 km. It takes approximately 5h 7m to drive from Basel to Hildesheim.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Hildesheim, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof every 4 hours. Tickets cost €110–240 and the journey takes 5h 19m. Alternatively, Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa City, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ) every 3 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–450
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–380
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Basel Sbb to Hannover Messe/Laatzen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–80
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
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