There are 10 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 Vilniustrain
- Fly from Vilnius Airport (VNO) to Basel (BSL)plane VNO - BSL
8h 57mCHF 70–244Train
- Take the train from Kaunas to Mockavatrain 33 / ...
- Take the train from Mockava 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 / ...
21h 43mCHF 286–827Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
27h 36mCHF 111–239Drive 1,746.3 km
- Drive from Kaunas to Baselcar 1,746.3 km
15h 24mCHF 278–402Train 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 27mCHF 113–310Fly Kaunas to Basel
- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL)plane KUN - BSL
9h 29mCHF 79–275Fly Kaunas to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane KUN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
9h 49mCHF 122–361Train to Riga International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
11h 37mCHF 121–331Bus, 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 34mCHF 143–282Drive, car train
- Drive from Kaunas to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
23h 40mCHF 239–967
Kaunas to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 250 and takes 8h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Kaunas to Basel is to train and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 310.
No, there is no direct train from Kaunas to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kaunas and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Mockava, Warszawa Centralna, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 43m.
The distance between Kaunas and Basel is 1573 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 21h 43m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 850.
It takes approximately 8h 57m 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 21h 43m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 850. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 280 and takes 9h 29m.
Basel is 1h behind Kaunas. It is currently 2:07 PM in Kaunas and 1:07 PM in Basel.
Kaunas to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Mockava station.
What companies run services between Kaunas, Lithuania and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kaunas to Basel Bad Bf via Mockava, Warszawa Centralna, Berlin Gesundbrunnen, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, and Frankfurt in around 21h 43m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Norwegian Air International, and two other airlines fly from Kaunas (KUN) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a week.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Vilnius Airport to Basel via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kaunas to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kaunas to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaunas to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaunas to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Mockava to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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 90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kaunas to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- 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 95–170
- 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 18–35
- 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 17–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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