There are 9 ways to get from Olten to Rotterdam by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, or car
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Train to Basel, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Take the train from Olten to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 1m€88–362Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdambus BlaBlaCar Bus
11h 58m€35–122Train via Paris
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
9h 21m€190–447Drive 698.9 km
- Drive from Olten to Rotterdamcar 698.9 km
7h 36m€122–177Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 57m€131–345Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 29m€124–256Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Olten to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GVA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 57m€149–401Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Eindhoventrain 43N
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Intercity / ...
11h 35m€79–281Bus via Basel
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Rotterdam Central Stationbus 007 / ...
15h 3m€65–142
Olten to Rotterdam by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to bus which costs €35 - €130 and takes 11h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to train and fly which takes 4h 57m and costs €130 - €350.
No, there is no direct train from Olten to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Olten and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Basel SBB, Offenburg and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 21m.
The distance between Olten and Rotterdam is 660 km. The road distance is 698.9 km.
The best way to get from Olten to Rotterdam without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 21m and costs €190 - €450.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Olten to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Olten to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to train via Paris which takes 9h 21m and costs €190 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €130 and takes 11h 58m.
Olten to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Eindhoven station.
Yes, the driving distance between Olten to Rotterdam is 699 km. It takes approximately 7h 36m to drive from Olten to Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Olten, Switzerland and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Olten to Rotterdam Centraal via Basel SBB, Offenburg, Paris Est, and Paris Nord in around 9h 21m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdam 4 times a week. Tickets cost €30–65 and the journey takes 10h 20m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–60
- 2nd Class
- €17–23
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €16–28
Train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €26–40
- Comfort
- €28–40
- Premium
- €45–60
Train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €95–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €150–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Basel SBB to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–31
- 1st Class
- €41–46
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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