There are 10 ways to get from Chemnitz to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Fulda
best- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12
8h 42mCHF 109–215Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
9h 6mCHF 49–200Bus
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus FlixBus N1304 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N872
10h 5mCHF 59–72Drive 666.5 km
- Drive from Chemnitz to Baselcar 666.5 km
5h 36mCHF 118–171Train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12N
9h 34mCHF 114–210Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Basel (BSL)plane DRS - BSL
6h 53mCHF 160–336Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
7h 9mCHF 70–249Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 37mCHF 176–425Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 27mCHF 116–268Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
7h 12mCHF 71–245
Chemnitz to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chemnitz to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 75 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chemnitz to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 36m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 170.
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 5m.
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 Fulda Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 42m.
The distance between Chemnitz and Basel is 778 km. The road distance is 666.5 km.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Basel without a car is to train via Fulda which takes 8h 42m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 8h 42m 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 Fulda which takes 8h 42m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 55 - SFr 75 and takes 10h 5m.
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 Fulda Bahnhof in around 8h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station in around 10h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–450
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–450
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–490
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–490
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–380
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–390
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 65–80
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 35–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 165
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 39–43
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
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 36m to drive from Chemnitz to Basel.
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