There are 11 ways to get from Ratingen to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
5h 2mCHF 56–235Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Ratingen Ost S to Köln Hbftrain S6
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
8h 48mCHF 44–139Bus
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
7h 48mDrive 529.8 km
- Drive from Ratingen to Baselcar 529.8 km
4h 26mCHF 85–122Train
- Take the train from Ratingen Ost S to Köln Hbftrain S6
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
5h 52mCHF 59–219Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
5h 19mCHF 105–257Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
4h 47mCHF 93–298Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
3h 57mCHF 146–394Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 11mCHF 124–375Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Ratingen Ost S to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 4mCHF 107–300Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
5h 16mCHF 109–273
Ratingen to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ratingen to Basel is to train and night train which costs SFr 40 - SFr 140 and takes 8h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Ratingen to Basel is to train and fly which takes 3h 57m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 400.
No, there is no direct bus from Ratingen to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ratingen Breslauer Straße and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Ratingen to Basel. However, there are services departing from Ratingen Ost S and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 2m.
The distance between Ratingen and Basel is 542 km. The road distance is 529.8 km.
The best way to get from Ratingen to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 5h 2m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 240.
It takes approximately 5h 2m to get from Ratingen to Basel, including transfers.
Ratingen to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station.
Ratingen to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Ratingen Ost S station.
The best way to get from Ratingen to Basel is to train via Mannheim which takes 5h 2m and costs SFr 55 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 7h 48m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 260 and takes 5h 19m.
What companies run services between Ratingen, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ratingen Ost S to Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 5h 2m. Alternatively, GrandBus operates a bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof once daily, and the journey takes 6h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ratingen Ost S to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ratingen Ost S to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–95
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 55–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Ratingen to Basel bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Basel, Bahnhof station.
Ratingen to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ratingen to Basel is 530 km. It takes approximately 4h 26m to drive from Ratingen to Basel.
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