There are 12 ways to get from Wesel to Basel by train, bus, car, 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 via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
5h 38mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Duisburg central train station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus N11
12h 3mCHF 55–85Bus via Cologne
- Take the bus from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleisbus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Köln to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 16mDrive 581 km
- Drive from Wesel to Baselcar 581 km
4h 54mCHF 111–160Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
6h 8mCHF 120–312Train
- Take the train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
5h 53mCHF 68–188Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
4h 39mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 37mCHF 117–291Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wesel Feldmark to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
5h 46mCHF 132–322Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 16mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DUS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
5h 53mCHF 137–238Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Wesel Feldmark to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 9mCHF 169–341
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Wesel to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 90 and takes 12h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Wesel to Basel is to drive which takes 4h 54m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 160.
No, there is no direct bus from Wesel to Basel. However, there are services departing from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Köln. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Wesel to Basel. However, there are services departing from Wesel and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 38m.
The distance between Wesel and Basel is 584 km. The road distance is 581 km.
The best way to get from Wesel to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 5h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 38m to get from Wesel to Basel, including transfers.
Wesel to Basel bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg station.
Wesel to Basel train services, operated by National Express, depart from Wesel station.
The best way to get from Wesel to Basel is to train via Mannheim which takes 5h 38m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus via Cologne, which costs and takes 9h 16m.
What companies run services between Wesel, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Wesel to Basel Bad Bf via Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 5h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Wesel to Basel, Bahnhof via Duisburg Hbf, Mercatorstraße, Duisburg, Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis, Köln Ehrenfeld Bf Ehrenfeld, Cologne Hbf, and Köln in around 9h 16m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Friday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–420
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–210
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 59
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel Feldmark to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel Feldmark to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- 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 27–45
- 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 27–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Mercatorstraße, Duisburg to Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 44–48
- Website
- Grand Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Duisburg central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Wesel to Basel bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
Wesel to Basel train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Koeln Messe/Deutz station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wesel to Basel is 581 km. It takes approximately 4h 54m to drive from Wesel to Basel.
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