There are 9 ways to get from Lucca to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Arth
best- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.Re
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-GoldauEc
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBEc
9h 54mCHF 86–233Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station443 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Basel SBBN524 / ...
11h 10mCHF 50–82Drive 614.3 km
- Drive from Lucca to Basel614.3 km
6h 20mCHF 98–141Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Basel (BSL)FLR - BSL
6h 46mCHF 96–229Train
- Take the train from Viareggio to BellinzonaEc
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBIc21 / ...
12h 42mCHF 105–239Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from P.Za D'Azeglio to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - AirportBlaBlaCar Bus
13h 7mCHF 52–102Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)FLR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6hCHF 96–283Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Basel (BSL)BLQ - BSL
7h 48mCHF 81–275Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 17mCHF 111–329
Lucca to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucca to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 50 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lucca to Basel is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h and costs SFr 95 - SFr 290.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucca to Basel. However, there are services departing from Lucca and arriving at Basel SBB via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Lucca to Basel. However, there are services departing from Lucca and arriving at Basel SBB via Florence Santa Maria Novella, Milano Centrale and Arth-Goldau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 54m.
The distance between Lucca and Basel is 706 km. The road distance is 614.3 km.
The best way to get from Lucca to Basel without a car is to train via Arth which takes 9h 54m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240.
It takes approximately 9h 54m to get from Lucca to Basel, including transfers.
Lucca to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lucca station.
Lucca to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., depart from Lucca station.
The best way to get from Lucca to Basel is to train via Arth which takes 9h 54m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 50 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 10m.
What companies run services between Lucca, Italy and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Lucca to Basel SBB via Florence Santa Maria Novella, Milano Centrale, and Arth-Goldau in around 9h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lucca to Basel SBB via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station in around 11h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–460
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–440
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–390
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–460
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–400
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
Train from Viareggio to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 95–140
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–120
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–65
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 25–35
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from P.Za D'Azeglio to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- CHF 24–35
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Basel Mulhouse Freiburg - Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Lucca to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Lucca to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia S.p.A., arrive at Firenze S.M.N. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lucca to Basel is 614 km. It takes approximately 6h 20m to drive from Lucca to Basel.
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