There are 11 ways to get from Gera to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt HbfRe3 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
7h 11mCHF 68–194Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Gera central train station to Jena bus station082 / ...
- Take the bus from Jena bus station to Frankfurt central train station220 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Basel SBB107 / ...
11hCHF 48–83Train, night train
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig HbfRe / ...
- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SbbEn
9h 36mDrive 635.6 km
- Drive from Gera to Basel635.6 km
5h 24mCHF 101–146Train
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt HbfRe3 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Basel SBB12N / ...
8h 3mCHF 70–149Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)LEJ - BSL
6h 45mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
6h 20mCHF 155–358Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 39mCHF 135–332Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)BER - BSL
7h 1mTrain, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)PRG - BSL
8h 29mCHF 95–253Train, train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 53m
Gera to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gera to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 85 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Gera to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 24m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Gera station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Gera central train station and arriving at Basel SBB via Jena bus station and Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h.
No, there is no direct train from Gera to Basel. However, there are services departing from Gera Hbf and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Erfurt Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 11m.
The distance between Gera and Basel is 670 km. The road distance is 635.6 km.
The best way to get from Gera to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 11m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 200.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Gera to Basel, including transfers.
Gera to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gera central train station.
Gera to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Gera Hbf station.
The best way to get from Gera to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 11m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 85 and takes 11h.
What companies run services between Gera, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Gera Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Erfurt Hbf and Frankfurt in around 7h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gera central train station to Basel SBB via Jena bus station and Frankfurt central train station in around 11h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
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 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 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 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- 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 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Gera Hbf to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–65
- 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 Erfurt Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Gera Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Gera Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Gera central train station to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Jena bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- 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
Gera to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Jena bus station.
Gera to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gera to Basel is 636 km. It takes approximately 5h 24m to drive from Gera to Basel.
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