There are 11 ways to get from Saxony to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
6h 29mCHF 119–439Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
7h 32mCHF 35–240Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 220 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 55mDrive 681.1 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Baselcar 681.1 km
6h 23mCHF 110–158Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12N
7h 32mCHF 120–270Fly Dresden Airport to Basel
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Basel (BSL)plane DRS - BSL
5h 25mCHF 176–608Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)plane LEJ - BSL
5h 42mCHF 108–381Fly Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 10mCHF 134–434Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
6h 3mCHF 62–209Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
5h 21mCHF 79–223Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 23mCHF 105–275
Saxony to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saxony to Basel is to night train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 240 and takes 7h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Saxony to Basel is to fly and train which takes 5h 10m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 440.
No, there is no direct bus from Saxony station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 55m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Basel Sbb. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 7h 32m.
The distance between Saxony and Basel is 698 km. The road distance is 681.1 km.
The best way to get from Saxony to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 6h 29m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 440.
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Saxony to Basel, including transfers.
Saxony to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Saxony to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Saxony to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 6h 29m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 55m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 170 - SFr 650 and takes 5h 25m.
What companies run services between Saxony, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Frankfurt in around 6h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Basel, Bahnhof via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 9h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–460
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–460
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–380
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–480
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 1,000–1,300
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 65–80
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 35–45
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–15
- 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
Saxony to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Saxony to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Saxony to Basel is 681 km. It takes approximately 6h 23m to drive from Saxony to Basel.
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