There are 11 ways to get from Villach to Basel by train, bus, night train, car, shuttle, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Ice
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ice / ...
10h 10mCHF 116–276Night train, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
11h 16mCHF 62–244Bus
- Take the bus from Villach Bus Station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N953
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
10h 22mDrive 612.5 km
- Drive from Villach to Baselcar 612.5 km
8h 7mCHF 98–141Train, bus
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
11h 39mShuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Basel
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Basel (BSL)plane LJU - BSL
7h 6mCHF 182–520Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 54mCHF 196–531Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
7h 11mCHF 162–452Train to Graz Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GRZ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 46mCHF 162–526Train, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Basel (BSL)plane ZAG - BSL
7h 5mCHF 92–619Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 23mCHF 142–402
Villach to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Villach to Basel is to night train and train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 250 and takes 11h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 550.
No, there is no direct bus from Villach station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Villach Bus Station and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Villach to Basel. However, there are services departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Basel SBB via Schwarzach-St.Veit and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 10m.
The distance between Villach and Basel is 661 km. The road distance is 612.5 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Basel without a car is to train which takes 10h 10m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 10h 10m to get from Villach to Basel, including transfers.
Villach to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Villach Bus Station.
Villach to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Villach to Basel is to train which takes 10h 10m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 22m.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Villach Hbf to Basel SBB via Schwarzach-St.Veit, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 10h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Villach Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof via Zürich Bus Station in around 10h 22m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–750
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–500
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 19–29
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 18–28
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 27–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 26–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–85
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 16–19
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–100
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 60–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–85
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 75–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 18–22
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/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 29–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Innsbruck Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Villach Bus Station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5254 3550
- info@oetztaler.at
- Website
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- CHF 127
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–350
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 30
- Private
- CHF 138
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–202
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- CHF 156
- 4-8 persons
- CHF 202
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Villach to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Villach to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Schwarzach-St.Veit station.
Yes, the driving distance between Villach to Basel is 612 km. It takes approximately 8h 7m to drive from Villach to Basel.
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