There are 11 ways to get from Chemnitz to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig HbfRe
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
8h 8mCHF 73–215Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Nuremberg central bus stationN1230 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBBFlixBus N872
10h 10mCHF 36–89Train, night train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig HbfRe
- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SbbEn
9h 34mCHF 134–190Drive 666.5 km
- Drive from Chemnitz to Basel666.5 km
5h 35mCHF 106–153Train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig HbfRe
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB12N
9h 34mCHF 84–390Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)PRG - BSL
6hCHF 79–226Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Basel (BSL)DRS - BSL
8h 5mCHF 172–333Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)BER - BSL
6h 32mCHF 64–205Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 59mCHF 142–387Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 24mCHF 94–250Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 51mCHF 79–229
Chemnitz to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chemnitz to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 90 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Chemnitz to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 35m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 160.
No, there is no direct bus from Chemnitz station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz central bus station and arriving at Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Chemnitz to Basel. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz Hbf and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 8m.
The distance between Chemnitz and Basel is 777 km. The road distance is 666.5 km.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 8m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Chemnitz to Basel, including transfers.
Chemnitz to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chemnitz central bus station.
Chemnitz to Basel train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, depart from Chemnitz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 8m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 90 and takes 10h 10m.
What companies run services between Chemnitz, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Chemnitz Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt in around 8h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station in around 10h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- 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
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–370
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Chemnitz to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Chemnitz to Basel train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chemnitz to Basel is 666 km. It takes approximately 5h 35m to drive from Chemnitz to Basel.
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