There are 6 ways to get from Maintal to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
3h 36mCHF 58–315Bus via Frankfurt
cheapest- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N474 / ...
6h 51mCHF 23–42Bus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
5h 9mDrive 337.7 km
- Drive from Maintal to Baselcar 337.7 km
3h 3mCHF 54–77Train, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Maintal-Ost Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
2h 51mCHF 128–319Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
4h 5mCHF 106–300
Maintal to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maintal to Basel is to bus via Frankfurt which costs SFr 23 - SFr 45 and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Maintal to Basel is to train and fly which takes 2h 51m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 320.
No, there is no direct train from Maintal to Basel. However, there are services departing from Maintal-Ost Bahnhof and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 36m.
The distance between Maintal and Basel is 343 km. The road distance is 337.7 km.
The best way to get from Maintal to Basel without a car is to train which takes 3h 36m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 320.
It takes approximately 3h 36m to get from Maintal to Basel, including transfers.
Maintal to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Maintal to Basel is to train which takes 3h 36m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 5h 9m.
Maintal to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel Bad Bf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Maintal to Basel is 338 km. It takes approximately 3h 3m to drive from Maintal to Basel.
What companies run services between Maintal, Hesse, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf hourly. Tickets cost CHF 55–140 and the journey takes 2h 41m. Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) also services this route once daily. Alternatively, GrandBus operates a bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhof once daily, and the journey takes 3h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–380
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Maintal-Ost Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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