There are 8 ways to get from Kaunas to Basel by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Basel (BSL)VNO - BSL
8h 6mCHF 94–250Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
21h 25mCHF 134–368Train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Trakiszki
- Take the train from Trakiszki to Szczecin GlownyIc
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to PasewalkR
- Take the train from Pasewalk to Frankfurt15
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
24h 23mCHF 144–312Drive 1,746.3 km
- Drive from Kaunas to Basel1,746.3 km
15h 21mCHF 279–403Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)VNO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 45mCHF 104–294Fly Kaunas to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)KUN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
8h 45mCHF 163–309Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB20 / ...
27h 35mCHF 127–206Drive, car train
- Drive from Kaunas to Hamburg Altona
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
23h 52mCHF 240–968
Kaunas to Basel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 250 and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct train from Kaunas to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kaunas and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Trakiszki, Szczecin Glowny, Pasewalk and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 23m.
The distance between Kaunas and Basel is 1574 km. The road distance is 1746.3 km.
The best way to get from Kaunas to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 21h 25m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 370.
It takes approximately 8h 6m to get from Kaunas to Basel, including transfers.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Kaunas station.
Basel is 1h behind Kaunas. It is currently 1:28 AM in Kaunas and 12:28 AM in Basel.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Trakiszki station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kaunas to Basel is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 21m to drive from Kaunas to Basel.
What companies run services between Kaunas, Lithuania and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kaunas to Basel Bad Bf via Trakiszki, Szczecin Glowny, Pasewalk, and Frankfurt in around 24h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–350
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–16
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaunas to Trakiszki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasewalk to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Trakiszki to Szczecin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 30–40
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Pasewalk
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 350–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 600–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–115
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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