There are 12 ways to get from Basel to Zittau by train, bus, night train, 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 Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittautrain Rb / ...
10h 12m€91–224Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Praguebus FlixBus N872
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Zittau stationbus 239
13h€44–98Night train, train
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Dresden-Neustadtnighttrain En
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittautrain Rb / ...
11h 51m€187–245Drive 841.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Zittaucar 841.7 km
7h 14m€145–210Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 12N
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittautrain Rb / ...
11h 51m€151–164Fly Basel to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BSL - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zittautrain
7h 40mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ZRH - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zittautrain
7h 16mFly 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, Černý Most to Liberec Central Bus Stationbus
7h 8m€67–208Train 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, Černý Most to Liberec Central Bus Stationbus
8h 19m€94–243Fly Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BSL - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittautrain
8h 21m€96–253Fly Basel to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane BSL - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Horkatrain
- Take the train from Horka to Zittautrain
8h 43m€51–219Train 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 Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittautrain
9h 32m€118–268
Basel to Zittau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Zittau is to bus which costs €40 - €100 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Zittau is to fly and bus which takes 7h 8m and costs €65 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Zittau station. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Zittau station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Zittau. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Zittau via Frankfurt and Dresden-Neustadt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 12m.
The distance between Basel and Zittau is 913 km. The road distance is 841.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Zittau without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 12m and costs €90 - €230.
It takes approximately 10h 12m to get from Basel to Zittau, including transfers.
Basel to Zittau bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Zittau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Zittau is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 12m and costs €90 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €100 and takes 13h.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Zittau, Germany?
You can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Zittau via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, and Dresden-Neustadt in around 10h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Basel SBB to Zittau station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 13h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Basel to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Basel to Wroclaw via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- 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
- €35–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Basel to Wroclaw via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zittau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zittau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33–34
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zittau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Horka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €9–13
- 1st Class
- €13–17
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Horka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Horka to Zittau
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Zittau station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, Černý Most to Liberec Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, Černý Most to Liberec Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 234 704 560
- info@pid.cz
- Website
- pid.cz
Bus from Praha, Černý Most to Liberec Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://pid.cz/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Zittau bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Basel to Zittau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Zittau is 842 km. It takes approximately 7h 14m to drive from Basel to Zittau.
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