There are 9 ways to get from Esslingen to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Karlsruhe
best- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
3h 18mCHF 31–115Bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
cheapest- Take the bus from Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof to Freiburgbus 008
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N33 / ...
6h 31mCHF 22–38Bus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
4h 22mDrive 242.7 km
- Drive from Esslingen to Baselcar 242.7 km
2h 47mCHF 40–57Fly Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane STR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
4h 16mCHF 138–327Train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 60
4h 5mCHF 48–120Fly Stuttgart Airport to Basel
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Basel (BSL)plane STR - BSL
5h 57mCHF 120–231Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
4h 24mCHF 133–374Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Esslingen(Neckar) to Muenchen Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
4h 49mCHF 129–321
Esslingen to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esslingen to Basel is to bus via Freiburg im Breisgau which costs SFr 22 - SFr 40 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Esslingen to Basel is to drive which takes 2h 47m and costs SFr 35 - SFr 60.
No, there is no direct train from Esslingen to Basel. However, there are services departing from Esslingen and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Stuttgart Hbf and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 18m.
The distance between Esslingen and Basel is 283 km. The road distance is 242.7 km.
The best way to get from Esslingen to Basel without a car is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 3h 18m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 120.
It takes approximately 3h 18m to get from Esslingen to Basel, including transfers.
Esslingen to Basel train services, operated by Arverio Baden-Württemberg, depart from Stuttgart Hbf station.
The best way to get from Esslingen to Basel is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 3h 18m and costs SFr 30 - SFr 120. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 4h 22m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 120 - SFr 240 and takes 5h 57m.
Esslingen to Basel train services, operated by Arverio Baden-Württemberg, arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esslingen to Basel is 243 km. It takes approximately 2h 47m to drive from Esslingen to Basel.
What companies run services between Esslingen, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Esslingen to Basel Bad Bf via Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart Hbf, Karlsruhe Hbf, and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 3h 18m. Alternatively, GrandBus operates a bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof once daily, and the journey takes 3h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–490
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–490
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.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 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Esslingen(Neckar) to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Esslingen(Neckar) to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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