There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Nijmegen by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt43 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal78 / ...
6h 30m€86–276Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Mannheim central bus stationN474 / ...
- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Nijmegen Centraal StationN94
9h 45m€43–96Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln HbfNj
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve BahnhofRe10
10hDrive 593.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Nijmegen593.4 km
6h 1m€104–150Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal43N
8h 49m€71–213Fly Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
5h 32m€92–289Fly Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BSL - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
7h 28m€144–334Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
6h 52m€143–365Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
6h 59m€120–320Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegen
7h 55m€136–289Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
7h 29m€125–348Fly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
6h 57m€179–450
Basel to Nijmegen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Nijmegen is to bus which costs €40 - €100 and takes 9h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Nijmegen is to fly and train which takes 5h 32m and costs €90 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Nijmegen station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Nijmegen Centraal Station via Mannheim central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Nijmegen. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Nijmegen via Frankfurt and Arnhem Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 30m.
The distance between Basel and Nijmegen is 669 km. The road distance is 593.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Nijmegen without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 30m and costs €85 - €280.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Basel to Nijmegen, including transfers.
Basel to Nijmegen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Nijmegen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Nijmegen is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 6h 30m and costs €85 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €100 and takes 9h 45m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Nijmegen, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Nijmegen via Frankfurt and Arnhem Centraal in around 6h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Nijmegen Centraal Station via Mannheim central bus station in around 9h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–500
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- 1st Class
- €100–180
Train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–29
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Breda to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.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
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–20
- 1st Class
- €25–29
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Mannheim central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Want to know more about travelling around Netherlands
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Basel to Nijmegen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Mannheim central bus station.
Basel to Nijmegen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Nijmegen is 593 km. It takes approximately 6h 1m to drive from Basel to Nijmegen.
Book your Basel to Nijmegen train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Basel to Nijmegen bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
There are 712+ hotels available in Nijmegen.



































