There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Lucca by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Florence
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Luccatrain Re
9h 12m€74–249Bus via P.Za D'Azeglio Nord
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Milanbus FlixBus N487 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to P.Za D'Azegliobus
10h 52m€44–72Drive 615.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Luccacar 615.2 km
6h 24m€106–153Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ZRH - FLR
- Take the bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4bus
6h 42m€109–293Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovannitrain S10 / ...
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Viareggiotrain Ec
11h 1m€94–227Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Luccabus 544
14h 2m€50–94Fly Basel to Florence Peretola Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane BSL - FLR
- Take the bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4bus
7h 37m€106–259Fly Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane BSL - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Luccatrain
8h 18m€90–315Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Luccatrain
7h 22m€113–339Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Luccatrain
9h 34m€140–351
Basel to Lucca by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Lucca is to bus via P.Za D'Azeglio Nord which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Lucca is to drive which takes 6h 24m and costs €100 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Lucca. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Verdi 3 via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and P.Za D'Azeglio Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Lucca. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Lucca via Lugano, Milano Centrale and Firenze S.M.N.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 12m.
The distance between Basel and Lucca is 710 km. The road distance is 615.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Lucca without a car is to train via Florence which takes 9h 12m and costs €70 - €250.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Basel to Lucca, including transfers.
Basel to Lucca bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Lucca train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Lucca is to train via Florence which takes 9h 12m and costs €70 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus via P.Za D'Azeglio Nord, which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 52m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Lucca, Italy?
You can take a train from Basel SBB to Lucca via Lugano, Milano Centrale, and Firenze S.M.N. in around 9h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Verdi 3 via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, P.Za D'Azeglio, and P.Za D'Azeglio Nord in around 10h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- aircorsica.com
Flights from Basel to Florence Peretola Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Lucca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Viareggio
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €85–120
- 2nd Class
- €70–95
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Lucca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to P.Za D'Azeglio
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €26–35
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Firenze T2 Guidoni P2 to Carducci 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Basel to Lucca bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Basel to Lucca train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Lucca is 615 km. It takes approximately 6h 24m to drive from Basel to Lucca.
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