There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Linz by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Linz Hbftrain Rjx
8h 47m€102–161Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Salzburg Lastenstrassebus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Leondingtrain 5055 / ...
10h 46m€43–65Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Stationbus 206 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus X06 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Linz Industriezeile Bus Stopbus
10h 27mDrive 580.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Linzcar 580.2 km
6h 45m€101–146Fly Basel to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane BSL - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbftrain
7h 26m€113–297Fly Basel to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BSL - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
5h 43m€77–254Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ZRH - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
6h 54m€124–320Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
7h 45m€156–426Fly Basel to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BSL - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
7h 34m€139–450Train to Frankfurt, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbftrain
7h 29m€160–437Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
10h 13m€109–279
Basel to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Linz is to bus and train which costs €40 - €65 and takes 10h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Linz is to fly and train which takes 5h 43m and costs €75 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Linz. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop via Zurich Bus Station and Munich Hackerbrücke. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Linz. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Linz Hbf via Zuerich Hb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 47m.
The distance between Basel and Linz is 681 km. The road distance is 580.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Linz without a car is to train which takes 8h 47m and costs €100 - €170.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Basel to Linz, including transfers.
Basel to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Linz train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Linz is to train which takes 8h 47m and costs €100 - €170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 27m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Linz Hbf via Zürich HB and Zuerich Hb in around 8h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop via Zurich Bus Station, Munich central bus station, and Munich Hackerbrücke in around 10h 27m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €80–120
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Leonding
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–16
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €27–35
- Business
- €29–32
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Salzburg Lastenstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Basel to Linz train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Linz is 580 km. It takes approximately 6h 45m to drive from Basel to Linz.
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