There are 9 ways to get from Lucca to Basel by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or 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 via Arth
best- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
9h 51mCHF 86–235Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from P.Za D'Azeglio to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Basel SBBbus N487 / ...
11h 28mCHF 40–82Drive 614.3 km
- Drive from Lucca to Baselcar 614.3 km
6h 22mCHF 96–139Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Basel (BSL)plane FLR - BSL
6h 46mCHF 96–239Train
- Take the train from Viareggio to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ic21 / ...
11h 43mCHF 94–214Train #2
- Take the train from Viareggio to Codognotrain
- Take the train from Codogno to Milano Greco Pirellitrain R38
- Take the train from Milano Greco Pirelli to Como S.Giovannitrain S11
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Basel SBBtrain Ec
12h 29mCHF 109–185Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FLR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6hCHF 96–273Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Basel (BSL)plane BLQ - BSL
7h 49mCHF 89–297Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 18mCHF 114–331
Lucca to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucca to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Lucca to Basel is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h and costs SFr 95 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucca to Basel. However, there are services departing from Verdi 3 and arriving at Basel SBB via P.Za D'Azeglio and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 28m.
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 51m.
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 51m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240.
It takes approximately 9h 51m to get from Lucca to Basel, including transfers.
Lucca to Basel bus services, operated by Autostradale, depart from P.Za D'Azeglio station.
Lucca to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Lucca station.
The best way to get from Lucca to Basel is to train via Arth which takes 9h 51m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 85 and takes 11h 28m.
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 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Verdi 3 to Basel SBB via P.Za D'Azeglio Nord, P.Za D'Azeglio, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 11h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–240
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- 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 9
- 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 24–65
- 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
- Hourly
- 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 45–70
- 2nd Class
- CHF 29–40
Train from Viareggio to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–100
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–90
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–65
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–35
- 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 30–55
- 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 Como S. Giovanni to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- 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 9–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Viareggio to Codogno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Codogno to Milano Greco Pirelli
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Greco Pirelli to Como S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–3
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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 9–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 23–30
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lucca to Basel bus services, operated by Autostradale, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Lucca to Basel train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Firenze S.M.N. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lucca to Basel is 614 km. It takes approximately 6h 22m to drive from Lucca to Basel.
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