There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Taichung by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taichung Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane ZRH - RMQ
18h 8m$542–2,017Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane MXP - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
21h 43m$288–1,325Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane ZRH - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
19h 38m$527–1,336Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane ZRH - KHH
- Take the train from 左營 to 台中train
20h 13m$715–7,145Fly Basel to Taichung Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane BSL - RMQ
19h 18m$556–2,208Train to Frankfurt, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane FRA - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
19h 35m$451–1,387Fly Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane BSL - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
22h 34m$461–1,427
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taichung Airport (RMQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Taichung is to train and fly which costs $500 - $1,400 and takes 19h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Taichung is to train and fly which takes 18h 8m and costs $500 - $2,100.
The distance between Basel and Taichung is 9672 km.
It takes approximately 18h 8m to get from Basel to Taichung, including transfers.
Taichung is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 10:14 PM in Basel and 4:14 AM in Taichung.
There are 268+ hotels available in Taichung.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Taichung, Taiwan?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Taichung Airport (RMQ) twice daily.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Istanbul, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Frankfurt, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–490
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,200
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Budapest, Ningbo Lishe
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–3,600
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,000
Flights from Basel to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Munich, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Istanbul, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Frankfurt, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Basel to Taichung Airport via Budapest, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 4266-3000
- Website
- en.thsrc.com.tw
Train from 桃園 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $15–18
- Standard
- $16–19
- Business
- $33
Train from 左營 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–28
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $23–26
- Standard
- $23–28
- Business
- $45
- 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
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- $23–30
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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