There are 11 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 HbfS5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf20 / ...
8h 15mCHF 72–220Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station321 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBBFlixBus N872
9h 35mCHF 34–81Drive 633.2 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Basel633.2 km
5h 21mCHF 102–147Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)LEJ - BSL
7h 40mCHF 99–297Train
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig HbfS5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB12N
9h 41mCHF 85–390Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Hof HbfRe3
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof61
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB20 / ...
10h 47mCHF 103–248Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
7h 11mCHF 150–399Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)PRG - BSL
7h 46mCHF 87–242Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)BER - BSL
7h 6mCHF 68–240Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
7h 23mCHF 161–364Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
9h 10mCHF 102–276
Zwickau to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 30 - SFr 85 and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Basel is to drive which takes 5h 21m and costs SFr 100 - 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. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 35m.
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 15m.
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 15m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 8h 15m 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 15m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 30 - SFr 85 and takes 9h 35m.
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 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zwickau central train station to Basel SBB via Nuremberg central bus station in around 9h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- 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 30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 130–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–370
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- 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 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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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 21m to drive from Zwickau to Basel.
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