There are 12 ways to get from Zwickau to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
8h 13mCHF 132–484Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus 321
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Freiburgbus
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Basel SBBbus
10hCHF 40–70Drive 633.2 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Baselcar 633.2 km
5h 23mCHF 100–144Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)plane LEJ - BSL
7h 8mCHF 134–403Train
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12N
9h 41mCHF 127–304Train, bus
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhofbus
12h 43mTrain to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 4mCHF 165–480Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
7h 35mCHF 81–232Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
7h 1mCHF 100–302Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
7h 27mCHF 192–487Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Eggmühltrain
- Take the train from Eggmühl to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
8h 15mCHF 185–482Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 53mCHF 125–313
Zwickau to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 70 and takes 10h.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 23m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct bus from Zwickau station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Zwickau central train station and arriving at Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station and Freiburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h.
No, there is no direct train from Zwickau to Basel. However, there are services departing from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 13m.
The distance between Zwickau and Basel is 783 km. The road distance is 633.2 km.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 13m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 490.
It takes approximately 8h 13m to get from Zwickau to Basel, including transfers.
Zwickau to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zwickau central train station.
Zwickau to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 13m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 70 and takes 10h.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf via Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt in around 8h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zwickau central train station to Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station and Freiburg in around 10h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–850
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hof Hbf to Eggmühl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eggmühl to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–250
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- servus@agilis.de
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Eggmühl to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Freiburg to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Zwickau to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Zwickau to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwickau to Basel is 633 km. It takes approximately 5h 23m to drive from Zwickau to Basel.
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