There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Zagreb by train, plane, bus, night train, shuttle, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
5h 31m€119–328Fly Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BSL - ZAG
4h 51m€39–236Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Zagrebbus FlixBus N887
15h 10m€65–120Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Ec
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
15h 29m€165–676Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
15h 11m€320–936Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
7h 12m€153–686Train, bus to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane STR - ZAG
7h 22m€127–373Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich Hbf to Zagrebbus
15h 43m€174–230Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Zagrebcar
9h 9m€191–252Drive 861.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Zagrebcar 861.4 km
10h€148–213
Basel to Zagreb by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Zagreb is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 15h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 51m and costs €35 - €240.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 15h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zuerich Hb and Schwarzach-St.Veit. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 29m.
The distance between Basel and Zagreb is 717 km. The road distance is 861.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Zagreb without a car is to bus which takes 15h 10m and costs €65 - €120.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Basel to Zagreb, including transfers.
Basel to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Zagreb is to bus which takes 15h 10m and costs €65 - €120. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €160 - €700 and takes 15h 29m, you could also fly, which costs €35 - €240 and takes 4h 51m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Basel SBB to Zagreb 4 times a week. Tickets cost €65–120 and the journey takes 15h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, and Schwarzach-St.Veit in around 15h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- 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
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €290–850
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €60–95
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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 Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–350
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32
- Private
- €150
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zürich Hbf to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Basel to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Zagreb is 861 km. It takes approximately 10h to drive from Basel to Zagreb.
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