There are 12 ways to get from Kleve to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
6h 14mCHF 71–257Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain Re10
- Take the night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
9h 25mCHF 48–147Bus
- Take the bus from Kleve to Krefeld Hbfbus Re10x / ...
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
10h 31mDrive 584 km
- Drive from Kleve to Baselcar 584 km
5h 54mCHF 95–137Train
- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain Re10
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
6h 50mCHF 68–247Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
7h 9mCHF 122–324Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
5h 14mCHF 152–416Bus, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
6h 7mCHF 117–307Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 38mCHF 122–335Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 36mCHF 157–398Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Kleve to D-Bilk Strain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf-Bilk to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 34mTrain, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 37mCHF 139–386
Kleve to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kleve to Basel is to train and night train which costs SFr 45 - SFr 150 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Kleve to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h 14m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 420.
No, there is no direct bus from Kleve to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kleve and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Krefeld central bus station and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Kleve to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kleve and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 14m.
The distance between Kleve and Basel is 618 km. The road distance is 584 km.
The best way to get from Kleve to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 6h 14m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 260.
It takes approximately 6h 14m to get from Kleve to Basel, including transfers.
Kleve to Basel bus services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, depart from Kleve station.
Kleve to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, depart from Kleve station.
The best way to get from Kleve to Basel is to train via Mannheim which takes 6h 14m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 31m.
What companies run services between Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kleve to Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kleve to Basel, Bahnhof via Krefeld Hbf, Krefeld central bus station, and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station in around 10h 31m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Saturday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Kleve to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kleve to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kleve to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–100
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 60–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf-Bilk to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Bus from Kleve to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 0900 - 266 63 99
- Website
- breng.nl
Bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2
- Schedules at
- breng.nl
- Phone
- +49 2841 205-0
- nfo@niag-online.de
- Website
- niag.de
Bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Schedules at
- niag.de
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More Questions & Answers
Kleve to Basel bus services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, arrive at Krefeld Hbf station.
Kleve to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, arrive at Düsseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kleve to Basel is 584 km. It takes approximately 5h 54m to drive from Kleve to Basel.
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