There are 10 ways to get from Kaunas to Basel by train, plane, 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.
Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Basel (BSL)plane VNO - BSL
8h 15mCHF 85–272Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Kaunas Central Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowybus
- Take the train from Suwalki to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Eic
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
21h 30mCHF 277–1,245Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
27h 30mCHF 135–298Drive 1,746.3 km
- Drive from Kaunas to Baselcar 1,746.3 km
15h 24mCHF 285–412Train to Vilnius Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VNO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 49mCHF 140–323Car to Riga International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Drive from Kaunas Airport to Riga Airportcar
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
10h 44mCHF 169–736Fly Kaunas to Basel
- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL)plane KUN - BSL
8h 17mCHF 104–165Bus
- Take the bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N1230
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
29h 49mTrain
- Take the train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain 828 / ...
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
29h 56mCHF 271–1,182Drive, car train
- Drive from Kaunas to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
23h 18mCHF 242–331
Kaunas to Basel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 100 - SFr 170 and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which takes 7h 49m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Kaunas station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kaunas, Bus Station and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Nürnberg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Kaunas to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kaunas and arriving at Basel SBB via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny and S Ostbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 56m.
The distance between Kaunas and Basel is 1575 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 30m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 1300.
It takes approximately 8h 15m to get from Kaunas to Basel, including transfers.
Kaunas to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kaunas, Bus Station.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Kaunas station.
The best way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to fly which takes 8h 17m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 29h 49m, you could also train, which costs SFr 270 - SFr 1200 and takes 29h 56m.
What companies run services between Kaunas, Lithuania and Basel, Switzerland?
Ryanair, Norwegian Air International, and two other airlines fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof via Nürnberg in around 29h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–440
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–260
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–310
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Suwalki to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Kaunas Central Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kaunas Central Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–14
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- info@eurolines.lt
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Kaunas Central Bus Station to Suwalki Dworzec Autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kaunas, Bus Station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +370 5 210 4304
- info@ollex.lt
- Website
- ollex.lt
Car from Kaunas Airport to Riga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–420
- Website
- https://www.ollex.lt/en/express
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More Questions & Answers
Kaunas to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Basel is 1h behind Kaunas. It is currently 12:31 AM in Kaunas and 11:31 PM in Basel.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kaunas to Basel is 1746 km. It takes approximately 15h 24m to drive from Kaunas to Basel.
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