There are 12 ways to get from Magdeburg to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Kassel
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof56 / ...
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe12 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
7h 40mCHF 73–201Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus stationN1327 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Basel SBBN33
12h 50mCHF 40–90Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Karlsruhe
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel SbbNj
12h 15mCHF 44–279Drive 729 km
- Drive from Magdeburg to Basel729 km
5h 58mCHF 116–168Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)LEJ - BSL
6h 19mCHF 99–306Train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBB12
8h 30mCHF 70–130Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)BER - BSL
6h 35mCHF 64–193Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)HAM - BSL
7h 12mCHF 65–287Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 58mCHF 129–345Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 54mCHF 79–217Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
6h 37mCHF 160–386Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)HAM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
8h 31mCHF 105–301
Magdeburg to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 95 and takes 12h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 58m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 170.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg central bus station and arriving at Basel SBB via Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 50m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Basel SBB. Services depart once a week, and operate Friday. The journey takes approximately 8h 30m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Basel is 766 km. The road distance is 729 km.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Basel without a car is to train via Kassel which takes 7h 40m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 210.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Magdeburg to Basel, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Magdeburg central bus station.
Magdeburg to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Basel is to train via Kassel which takes 7h 40m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 95 and takes 12h 50m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 7h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Basel SBB via Hanover central bus station in around 12h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–242
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 237–242
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 110–140
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 28–35
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–30
- 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 Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Magdeburg to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Magdeburg to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Magdeburg to Basel is 729 km. It takes approximately 5h 58m to drive from Magdeburg to Basel.
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