There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Kaunas by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly from Basel, train
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane BSL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain
9h 11m$107–347Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Kaunas, Bus Stationbus
22h 11m$262–812Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain 839 / ...
28h 52m$297–770Drive 1,745.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Kaunascar 1,745.6 km
15h 28m$352–509Train to Zurich Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane ZRH - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunastrain
8h 20m$159–420Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunasbus
29h 47m$173–320Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Kaunascar
23h 12m$292–413
Basel to Kaunas by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to fly and train which costs $100 - $350 and takes 9h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kaunas is to train and fly which takes 8h 20m and costs $150 - $420.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Kaunas. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Kaunas via Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 52m.
The distance between Basel and Kaunas is 1575 km. The road distance is 1745.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Kaunas without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 22h 11m and costs $260 - $850.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Basel to Kaunas, including transfers.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
Kaunas is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:26 AM in Basel and 12:26 PM in Kaunas.
Basel to Kaunas train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kaunas is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 28m to drive from Basel to Kaunas.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kaunas, Lithuania?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Kaunas via München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis in around 28h 52m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–390
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–230
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $200–460
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Kaunas, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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