There are 10 ways to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or rideshare
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Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
4h 15mCHF 45–176Train via Halle (Saale)
cheapest- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Halletrain Flx10
- Take the train from Halle to Basel Bad Bftrain Flx10
8h 13mCHF 18–103Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
7h 17mCHF 29–250Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhousebus N1326
14h 30mCHF 45–115Night train
- Take the night train from Berlin Hbf to Basel Bad Bfnighttrain Nj
10h 3mCHF 60–260Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 34mCHF 60–190Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BER - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
6h 24mCHF 106–344Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
7h 35mCHF 52–207Drive 839.9 km
- Drive from Berlin Hbf to Baselcar 839.9 km
7h 39mCHF 136–196Rideshare
- Take the rideshare from Berlin to Basel840.7 km
10h 30mCHF 58
Berlin Hbf to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel is to rideshare which costs SFr 58 and takes 10h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 180.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Berlin Hbf and arriving at Basel SBB. Services depart every two hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 17m.
The distance between Berlin Hbf and Basel is 713 km. The road distance is 839.9 km.
The best way to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel without a car is to train which takes 7h 17m and costs SFr 29 - SFr 250.
It takes approximately 4h 15m to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel, including transfers.
Berlin Hbf to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Berlin Hbf to Basel is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 29 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 17m, you could also bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 30m.
Berlin Hbf to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Berlin Hbf to Basel is 840 km. It takes approximately 7h 39m to drive from Berlin Hbf to Basel.
What companies run services between Berlin Hbf, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB every 4 hours. Tickets cost CHF 65–170 and the journey takes 7h 17m. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–80
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Berlin Hbf to Halle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–35
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Halle to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–70
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 240–260
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 140–170
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 60–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Berlin to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 58
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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