There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Hildesheim by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain 12
5h 19m€120–280Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Hanover central bus stationbus FlixBus N33
11h 35m€51–87Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Goettingennighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
7h 25m€51–142Drive 627.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Hildesheimcar 627.9 km
5h 8m€108–156Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain 1392
5h 40m€164–211Fly Basel to Hannover Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane BSL - HAJ
6h 44m€132–333Train 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
6h 9m€158–445Train 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 55m€181–354Fly 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
7h 10m€110–347Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 50m€185–464Train 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
8h 19m€166–449Fly Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BSL - BER
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 48m€96–286
Basel to Hildesheim by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Hildesheim is to bus which costs €50 - €90 and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Hildesheim is to drive which takes 5h 8m and costs €100 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Hildesheim station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Hildesheim central bus station via Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 35m.
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 €120 - €280.
The train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof takes 5h 19m including transfers and departs every four hours.
Basel to Hildesheim bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
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 €120 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €90 and takes 11h 35m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €340 and takes 6h 44m.
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 €120–280 and the journey takes 5h 19m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Basel SBB to Hanover central bus station twice daily. Tickets cost €45–85 and the journey takes 10h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Goettingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.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 Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Hildesheim bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
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 8m to drive from Basel to Hildesheim.
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