There are 10 ways to get from Paderborn to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
6h 18mCHF 103–276Drive 539.7 km
cheapest- Drive from Paderborn to Baselcar 539.7 km
5h 3mCHF 88–128Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train stationbus N110
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
8h 40mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
5h 19mCHF 162–445Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kamentrain Re
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ice
7h 26mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 33mCHF 167–456Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 53mCHF 130–375Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafentrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 13mTrain, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)plane HAM - BSL
7h 45mTrain, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 40mCHF 133–381
Paderborn to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Basel is to drive which costs SFr 85 - SFr 130 and takes 5h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 3m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 130.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Basel. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Paderborn to Basel. However, there are services departing from Paderborn Hbf and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 18m.
The distance between Paderborn and Basel is 617 km. The road distance is 539.7 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Basel without a car is to train which takes 6h 18m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Paderborn to Basel, including transfers.
Paderborn to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paderborn station.
Paderborn to Basel train services, operated by National Express, depart from Paderborn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Basel is to train which takes 6h 18m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 8h 40m.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Paderborn Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 6h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Basel, Bahnhof via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 8h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–450
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–460
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
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More Questions & Answers
Paderborn to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Paderborn to Basel train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Paderborn to Basel is 540 km. It takes approximately 5h 3m to drive from Paderborn to Basel.
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