There are 11 ways to get from Villach to Basel by bus, train, night train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- 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 22mNight train, train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain Ir36 / ...
10h 32mCHF 63–242Train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Ice
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain 510 / ...
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sarganstrain Rjx
- Take the train from Sargans to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
11h 4mCHF 90–400Drive 613.1 km
- Drive from Villach to Baselcar 613.1 km
8h 7mCHF 100–144Night train, train via Munich
- Take the nighttrain from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from München Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 60
11h 8mCHF 153–502Fly Klagenfurt Airport to Basel
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Basel (BSL)plane KLU - BSL
8h 36mCHF 72–311Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
7h 15mCHF 156–523Train to Ljubljana, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Kranjtrain
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Basel (BSL)plane LJU - BSL
7h 27mCHF 161–337Train to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Kranjtrain
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 1mCHF 150–383Train 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 37mCHF 173–446Train 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 24mCHF 143–364
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 10h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Basel is to train and fly which takes 6h 37m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 450.
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, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Sargans. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 4m.
The distance between Villach and Basel is 635 km. The road distance is 613.1 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Basel without a car is to bus which takes 10h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 22m 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 bus which takes 10h 22m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 90 - SFr 400 and takes 11h 4m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 320 and takes 8h 36m.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Villach Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof via Zürich Bus Station in around 10h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Villach Hbf to Basel SBB via Schwarzach-St.Veit, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Sargans in around 11h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–460
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–340
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–350
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–700
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via Cologne Bonn, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via Cologne Bonn, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–440
Flights from Graz Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–460
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Basel via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–27
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- *
- CHF 20–30
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sargans
- *
- CHF 29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- *
- CHF 45–70
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- *
- CHF 27–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- *
- CHF 35–55
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–26
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–26
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–26
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–26
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–85
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 16–20
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–105
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–105
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 60–75
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–40
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Sargans to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–18
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Villach Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Night train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 80–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–90
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Villach Bus Station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
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 613 km. It takes approximately 8h 7m to drive from Villach to Basel.
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