There are 9 ways to get from Xanten to Basel by train, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
5h 47mDrive 555.9 km
cheapest- Drive from Xanten to Baselcar 555.9 km
5h 40mCHF 88–126Train, night train
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain Rb31
- Take the night train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
9hTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
6h 6mTrain
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain Rb31
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
6h 20mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
4h 41mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
5h 46mTrain, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 31mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
7h 20mCHF 97–294
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Xanten to Basel is to drive which costs SFr 85 - SFr 130 and takes 5h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Xanten to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 40m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 130.
No, there is no direct train from Xanten to Basel. However, there are services departing from Xanten Bahnhof and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Duisburg Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 47m.
The distance between Xanten and Basel is 597 km. The road distance is 555.9 km.
The best way to get from Xanten to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 5h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Xanten to Basel, including transfers.
Xanten to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, depart from Xanten Bahnhof station.
Xanten to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, arrive at Duisburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Xanten to Basel is 556 km. It takes approximately 5h 40m to drive from Xanten to Basel.
There are 1256+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Xanten, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Xanten Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf via Duisburg Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 5h 47m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–200
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Xanten Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–65
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–150
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–120
Night train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–270
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–270
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–50
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–110
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 18–35
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 15–23
- 1st Class
- CHF 29–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–243
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 238–243
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 26–40
- Comfort
- CHF 28–40
- Premium
- CHF 40–60
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
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