There are 11 ways to get from Moscow to Basel by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SVO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
11h 33mCHF 346–703Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Nurembergbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBBbus
41h 54mCHF 87–192Train, bus via Poznań
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Bus station to Poznańbus
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny to Rzepintrain 95
- Take the train from Rzepin to Berlin Hbftrain Eic / ...
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
35h 41mCHF 177–409Bus via Warsaw
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus Moscow/Warsaw
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Mulhousebus N1326
41h 30mCHF 129–234Drive 2,597.8 km
- Drive from Moscow to Baselcar 2,597.8 km
25h 49mCHF 405–585Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Basel
- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Basel (BSL)plane VKO - BSL
11h 58mCHF 203–397Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VKO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
12h 47mCHF 213–351Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane SVO - MLH
14h 49mCHF 156–609Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Basel (BSL)plane SVO - BSL
13h 34mCHF 146–559Train, bus
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
35h 46mCHF 133–321Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Głównybus 802 / ...
- Take the train from Gdansk Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12
39h 33mCHF 218–379
Moscow to Basel by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Moscow to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 85 - SFr 200 and takes 41h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Moscow to Basel is to fly and train which takes 11h 33m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 750.
No, there is no direct bus from Moscow to Basel. However, there are services departing from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya and arriving at Basel SBB via Minsk Central Bus Station and Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 54m.
The distance between Moscow and Basel is 2305 km. The road distance is 2597.8 km.
The best way to get from Moscow to Basel without a car is to train and bus via Poznań which takes 35h 41m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 410.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Moscow to Basel, including transfers.
Moscow to Basel bus services, operated by Eurotrans, depart from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya station.
The best way to get from Moscow to Basel is to bus via Warsaw which takes 41h 30m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 200 - SFr 400 and takes 11h 58m.
Moscow to Basel bus services, operated by Eurotrans, arrive at Minsk Central Bus Station.
Basel is 2h behind Moscow. It is currently 5:24 PM in Moscow and 3:24 PM in Basel.
What companies run services between Moscow, Russia and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a subway from Biblioteka Imeni Lenina to Basel St. Johann via Salaryevo, Moscow, International Bus Station, Warsaw West, Warsaw, Bus Station West, Mulhouse, and Mulhouse Ville in around 41h 30m. Alternatively, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–750
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–850
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–650
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–700
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–650
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Belgrade, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Belgrade, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- 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
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 45–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 75–90
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 130–180
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 70–100
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 150–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Poznan Glowny to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 31
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Rzepin to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Gdansk Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 160–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 35–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–65
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Brest Bus station to Poznań
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 61–122
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- CHF 122
- Children
- CHF 61
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Brest Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Główny
- Website
- eurotrans.by
Bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27
- Schedules at
- eurotrans.by
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