There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Passau by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
7h 48m€141–503Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Regensburg central train stationbus FlixBus N199
- Take the bus from Regensburg central train station to Passau central train stationbus N161 / ...
10h 20m€42–74Drive 519.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Passaucar 519.9 km
5h 55m€91–132Train 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 Muenchen Flughafen Terminal to Landshut(Bay)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Landshut to Passau Hbftrain
6h 42m€168–383Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from München Hbf to Passau Hbftrain Re3
7h 56m€131–290Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to München, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Ostbahnhof Friedenstraße to Mühldorfbus Re4
- Take the train from Mühldorf to Passau Hbftrain
11h 19mFly Basel to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BSL - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Flughafen Terminal to Landshut(Bay)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Landshut to Passau Hbftrain
6h 32m€137–340Fly Basel to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane BSL - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbftrain
8h 10m€116–322Train 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 Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbftrain
7h 21m€198–519Fly Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train stationbus
9h 37m€76–249Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- 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 bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train stationbus
10h 41m€122–312
Basel to Passau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Passau is to bus which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Passau is to drive which takes 5h 55m and costs €90 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Passau station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Passau central train station via Regensburg central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Passau. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Passau Hbf via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 48m.
The distance between Basel and Passau is 768 km. The road distance is 519.9 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Passau without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 48m and costs €140 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 48m to get from Basel to Passau, including transfers.
Basel to Passau bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Passau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Passau is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 48m and costs €140 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 20m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Passau, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Passau Hbf via Frankfurt in around 7h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Passau central train station via Regensburg central train station in around 10h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Basel to Salzburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Landshut to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Muenchen Flughafen Terminal to Landshut(Bay)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Muenchen Flughafen Terminal to Landshut(Bay)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Landshut to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mühldorf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- 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 Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €19–29
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Regensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Regensburg central train station to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Passau central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Ostbahnhof Friedenstraße to Mühldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Passau bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Regensburg central train station.
Basel to Passau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Passau is 520 km. It takes approximately 5h 55m to drive from Basel to Passau.
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