There are 11 ways to get from Ferrara to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, plane, or shuttle
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Train via Milan
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
7h 38mCHF 84–262Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazionebus 356
- Take the bus from Bologna to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milan to Basel SBBbus
10h 23mCHF 37–66Drive 551.3 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Baselcar 551.3 km
6h 31mCHF 89–129Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Basel (BSL)plane BLQ - BSL
6h 6mCHF 72–246Train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the train from Padova to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
8h 40mCHF 125–239Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ferrara to Modena
- Take the bus from Modena Casello A1 Nord Viale Virgilio to Baselbus
13h 44mCHF 98–205Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Basel (BSL)plane VCE - BSL
4h 55mCHF 64–244Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 35mCHF 105–322Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 4mCHF 112–350Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FLR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 26mCHF 130–357Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MXP - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 36mCHF 129–337
Ferrara to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 10h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Basel is to train and fly which takes 4h 55m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kennedy and arriving at Basel SBB via Bologna and Milan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Ferrara to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Basel SBB via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale and Arth-Goldau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 38m.
The distance between Ferrara and Basel is 584 km. The road distance is 551.3 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Basel without a car is to train via Milan which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Ferrara to Basel, including transfers.
Ferrara to Basel bus services, operated by TPER spa, depart from Kennedy station.
Ferrara to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Ferrara station.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Basel is to train via Milan which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 80 - SFr 270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 10h 23m.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ferrara to Basel SBB via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 7h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kennedy to Basel SBB via Bologna and Milan in around 10h 23m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–600
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–210
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–20
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–11
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–18
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–25
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
Train from Padova to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
- 2nd Class
- CHF 90–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- CHF 3–5
- 1st Class
- CHF 5–7
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Ferrara to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Modena Casello A1 Nord Viale Virgilio to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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Ferrara to Basel bus services, operated by TPER spa, arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Ferrara to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Basel is 551 km. It takes approximately 6h 31m to drive from Ferrara to Basel.
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