There are 11 ways to get from Wels to Basel by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)MUC - BSL
5h 11mCHF 132–300Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg HauptbahnhofDrf / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-StrasseUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3635
9h 57mCHF 28–63Train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10968 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof60 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
8h 56mCHF 74–266Bus
- Take the bus from Wels to Munich central bus station951
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus StationX06 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Basel SBB206 / ...
9h 48mCHF 38–81Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wels Hbf to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBIr36 / ...
10h 18mCHF 68–285Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Basel (BSL)SZG - BSL
6h 47mCHF 113–271Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)MUC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
6h 35mCHF 142–344Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Basel (BSL)VIE - BSL
5h 51mCHF 80–225Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)VIE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 10mCHF 120–279Drive 554.8 km
- Drive from Wels to Basel554.8 km
6h 23mCHF 89–128Drive, car train
- Drive from Wels to Salzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Basel
6h 15mCHF 156–208
Wels to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Basel is to train and bus which costs SFr 28 - SFr 65 and takes 9h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h 11m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct bus from Wels to Basel. However, there are services departing from Wels and arriving at Basel SBB via Munich central bus station and Zurich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Wels to Basel. However, there are services departing from Wels Hbf and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via München Hbf and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 56m.
The distance between Wels and Basel is 609 km. The road distance is 554.8 km.
The best way to get from Wels to Basel without a car is to train which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 270.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Wels to Basel, including transfers.
Wels to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Wels station.
Wels to Basel train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, depart from Wels Hbf station.
The best way to get from Wels to Basel is to train which takes 8h 56m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 85 and takes 9h 48m.
What companies run services between Wels, Austria and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Wels Hbf to Basel Bad Bf via Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, München Hbf, and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 8h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Wels to Basel SBB via Munich central bus station and Zurich Bus Station in around 9h 48m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–26
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- 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 Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–90
- 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 Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–24
- 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 Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- 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 Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–55
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–60
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 18–27
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wels Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–246
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 241–246
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- 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
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Wels to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–29
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Wels to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Wels to Basel train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, arrive at Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Basel is 555 km. It takes approximately 6h 23m to drive from Wels to Basel.
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