There are 11 ways to get from Liège to Basel by train (Eurostar), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
5h 24mCHF 100–235Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Liège Guillemins to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N473 / ...
7h 35mCHF 40–60Bus via Basel Euroairport FR
- Take the bus from Liège Guillemins to Basel Euroairport FRbus FlixBus N831 / ...
7h 14mCHF 43–63Drive 473 km
- Drive from Liège to Baselcar 473 km
4h 59mCHF 79–114Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
4h 28mCHF 160–431Train, bus
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourgtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)bus BlaBlaCar Bus
8h 35mCHF 47–80Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins 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
5h 59mCHF 125–288Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 12mCHF 117–312Train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 49mCHF 151–417Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 54mCHF 131–345Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
6h 23mCHF 180–450
Liège to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Liège to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 60 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Liège to Basel is to train and fly which takes 4h 28m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 440.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Liège Guillemins and arriving at Basel SBB. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Liège to Basel. However, there are services departing from Liege-Guillemins and arriving at Basel SBB via Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 24m.
The distance between Liège and Basel is 611 km. The road distance is 473 km.
The best way to get from Liège to Basel without a car is to train which takes 5h 24m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 240.
It takes approximately 5h 24m to get from Liège to Basel, including transfers.
Liège to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liège Guillemins station.
Liège to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Liege-Guillemins station.
The best way to get from Liège to Basel is to train which takes 5h 24m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus via Basel Euroairport FR, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 65 and takes 7h 14m.
What companies run services between Liège, Belgium and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Liege-Guillemins to Basel SBB via Köln Hbf in around 5h 24m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Liège Guillemins to Basel Euroairport FR twice daily. Tickets cost CHF 40–60 and the journey takes 6h 55m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–380
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–23
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liège Guillemins to Basel Euroairport FR
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liège Guillemins to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Liège to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Basel Euroairport FR station.
Liège to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Koeln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Liège to Basel is 473 km. It takes approximately 4h 59m to drive from Liège to Basel.
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