There are 9 ways to get from Kaunas to Basel by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Kaunas to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KUN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 42mCHF 119–339Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniustrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Basel (BSL)plane VNO - BSL
9h 2mCHF 65–274Train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Białystoktrain
- Take the train from Bialystok to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Eic
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Frankfurttrain 15 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
22h 15mCHF 208–326Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
27h 36mCHF 71–210Drive 1,746.3 km
- Drive from Kaunas to Baselcar 1,746.3 km
15h 24mCHF 275–397Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniustrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VNO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 32mCHF 110–298Fly Kaunas to Basel
- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL)plane KUN - BSL
8h 52mCHF 74–265Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
29h 33mCHF 132–235Drive, car train
- Drive from Kaunas to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
23h 40mCHF 237–965
Kaunas to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 60 - SFr 280 and takes 9h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which takes 8h 32m and costs SFr 110 - 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 Bialystok, Warszawa Centralna, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 15m.
The distance between Kaunas and Basel is 1473 km. The road distance is 1746.3 km.
The best way to get from Kaunas to Basel without a car is to train which takes 22h 15m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Kaunas to Basel, including transfers.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Kaunas station.
The best way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train which takes 22h 15m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 270 and takes 8h 52m.
Basel is 1h behind Kaunas. It is currently 6:06 AM in Kaunas and 5:06 AM in Basel.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Białystok station.
What companies run services between Kaunas, Lithuania and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kaunas to Basel Bad Bf via Bialystok, Warszawa Centralna, Berlin Gesundbrunnen, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, and Frankfurt in around 22h 15m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Norwegian Air International, and two other airlines fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
- 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 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Białystok
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaunas to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Bialystok to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–16
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 8–12
- 1st Class
- CHF 12–16
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–28
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 17–25
- 1st Class
- CHF 22–28
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 38–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- 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 340–390
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
- 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 40–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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