There are 11 ways to get from Riesa to Basel by train, night train, car, plane, or bus
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
7h 42mCHF 64–169Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
5h 6mCHF 60–189Night train
- Take the night train from Riesa to Basel Bad Bfnighttrain En
9h 18mCHF 130–190Drive 736.8 km
- Drive from Riesa to Baselcar 736.8 km
6h 24mCHF 114–164Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Basel (BSL)plane DRS - BSL
6h 26mCHF 178–317Train
- Take the train from Riesa to Basel Bad Bftrain Ec
9h 18mCHF 100–150Train #2
- Take the train from Riesa to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
12h 52mCHF 149–206Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6hCHF 133–381Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 25mCHF 80–213Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
7h 27mCHF 75–225Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BER - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
7h 14mCHF 119–366
Riesa to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riesa to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which costs SFr 60 - SFr 170 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Riesa to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h 6m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 190.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Riesa and arriving at Basel Bad Bf. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 18m.
The distance between Riesa and Basel is 764 km. The road distance is 736.8 km.
The best way to get from Riesa to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 7h 42m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 170.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Riesa to Basel, including transfers.
Riesa to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof station.
Riesa to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riesa to Basel is 737 km. It takes approximately 6h 24m to drive from Riesa to Basel.
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What companies run services between Riesa, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf via Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt in around 7h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–450
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–450
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Riesa to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Riesa to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Night train from Riesa to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 27–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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