There are 11 ways to get from Bocholt to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Bocholt to Duisburg HbfRe
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB20 / ...
6h 18mCHF 68–292Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Duisburg central train station to Basel SBBN11
13h 46mCHF 42–83Train, night train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf HbfRe
- Take the night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel SbbNj
9h 17mCHF 57–277Drive 599.4 km
- Drive from Bocholt to Basel599.4 km
5hCHF 97–141Train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf HbfRe
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB43
6h 38mCHF 67–277Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)DUS - BSL
6h 16mCHF 105–252Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbf
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
4h 50mCHF 150–376Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6hCHF 96–246Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbf
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 32mCHF 104–295Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)AMS - BSL
6h 40mCHF 93–265Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Frankfurt (FRA)DUS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
6h 42mCHF 126–323
Bocholt to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bocholt to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 85 and takes 13h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Bocholt to Basel is to train and fly which takes 4h 50m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 380.
No, there is no direct train from Bocholt to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bocholt and arriving at Basel SBB via Duisburg Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 18m.
The distance between Bocholt and Basel is 611 km. The road distance is 599.4 km.
The best way to get from Bocholt to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 6h 18m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 300.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Bocholt to Basel, including transfers.
Bocholt to Basel train services, operated by VIAS Rail GmbH, depart from Bocholt station.
The best way to get from Bocholt to Basel is to train via Mannheim which takes 6h 18m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 85 and takes 13h 46m.
Bocholt to Basel train services, operated by VIAS Rail GmbH, arrive at Duisburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bocholt to Basel is 599 km. It takes approximately 5h to drive from Bocholt to Basel.
What companies run services between Bocholt, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bocholt to Basel SBB via Duisburg Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 18m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Duisburg central train station to Basel SBB once daily. Tickets cost CHF 30–50 and the journey takes 10h 25m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–65
- 1st Class
- CHF 90–150
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 150–260
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 150–260
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–50
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–120
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 18–35
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 16–24
- 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 87
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–246
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 242–246
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–9
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Duisburg central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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