There are 11 ways to get from Bonn to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
4h 43mCHF 47–220Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bfnighttrain Nj
5h 56mCHF 29–110Bus
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
5h 33mCHF 30–55Drive 444.5 km
- Drive from Bonn to Baselcar 444.5 km
4h 24mCHF 73–105Train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bftrain 43N
5h 56mCHF 50–140Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bonn Ramersdorf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhofbus Re8x / ...
- Take the train from Koblenz Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Nightjet
8h 40mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
3h 34mCHF 128–379Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Basel (BSL)plane CGN - BSL
6h 35mCHF 157–290Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 3mCHF 102–291Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
4h 48mCHF 133–380Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 57mCHF 106–330
Bonn to Basel by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 30 - SFr 55 and takes 5h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Basel is to train and fly which takes 3h 34m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 33m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Basel Bad Bf. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 56m.
The distance between Bonn and Basel is 474 km. The road distance is 444.5 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 4h 43m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 4h 43m to get from Bonn to Basel, including transfers.
Bonn to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Bonn Hbf station.
Bonn to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Siegburg/Bonn station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Basel is to train via Mannheim which takes 4h 43m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 30 - SFr 55 and takes 5h 33m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 150 - SFr 290 and takes 6h 35m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Basel Bad Bf via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg/Bonn, Frankfurt, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 4h 43m. Alternatively, GrandBus operates a bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhof once daily, and the journey takes 5h 33m. FlixBus also services this route once daily.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–550
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–450
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–93
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 89–93
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 55–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 29–34
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Bonn Ramersdorf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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More Questions & Answers
Bonn to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Basel, Bahnhof station.
Bonn to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Basel is 444 km. It takes approximately 4h 24m to drive from Bonn to Basel.
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