There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Magdeburg by train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbftrain 12
6h 18m€150–240Fly Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BSL - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Potsdam Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain
6h 53m€66–235Drive 729.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Magdeburgcar 729.1 km
5h 57m€126–182Fly Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane BSL - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Magdeburg Hbftrain
8h 19m€131–349Train via Erfurt
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Erfurt Central Stationtrain Flx10
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain Re
8h 57mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ZRH - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Potsdam Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain
8h 3m€88–251Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Magdeburg Hbftrain
7h 26m€135–340Fly Basel to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain
7h 27m€69–293Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Magdeburg Hbftrain
7h 47m€151–374Train 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 Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain
8h 38m€111–319
Basel to Magdeburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Magdeburg is to fly and train which costs €65 - €240 and takes 6h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Magdeburg is to drive which takes 5h 57m and costs €120 - €190.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Magdeburg Hbf. Services depart twice a week, and operate Saturday. The journey takes approximately 6h 18m.
The distance between Basel and Magdeburg is 766 km. The road distance is 729.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Magdeburg without a car is to train which takes 6h 18m and costs €150 - €240.
The train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbf takes 6h 18m including transfers and departs twice a week.
Basel to Magdeburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
Basel to Magdeburg train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Magdeburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Magdeburg is 729 km. It takes approximately 5h 57m to drive from Basel to Magdeburg.
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What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Magdeburg, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbf twice a week. Tickets cost €150–240 and the journey takes 6h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Potsdam Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Potsdam Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- 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
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