There are 10 ways to get from Zwolle to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
8h 11mCHF 92–367Train
cheapest- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain Intercity
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBBtrain 43N
10h 42mCHF 77–347Bus
- Take the bus from Zwolle, Katwolderplein/Centrum to Apeldoorn, Stationbus 210 / ...
- Take the bus from Arnhem Central Station to Essen central train stationbus 056
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus 084 / ...
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus
13h 29mDrive 707 km
- Drive from Zwolle to Baselcar 707 km
6h 6mCHF 113–164Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 35mCHF 114–303Train #2
- Take the train from Zwolle to Utrecht Centraaltrain Sprinter / ...
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Basel SBBtrain Nightjet
11h 50mCHF 118–389Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Zwolle to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
7h 16mCHF 91–296Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal 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
8h 10mCHF 119–335Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Zwolle to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 3mCHF 141–365Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Zwolle to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 45mCHF 135–350
Zwolle to Basel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwolle to Basel is to drive which costs SFr 110 - SFr 170 and takes 6h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Zwolle to Basel is to drive which takes 6h 6m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 170.
No, there is no direct bus from Zwolle to Basel. However, there are services departing from Zwolle, Katwolderplein/Centrum and arriving at Basel, Bahnhof via Apeldoorn, Station [ G ], Arnhem Central Station, Essen central train station and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Zwolle to Basel. However, there are services departing from Zwolle and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Arnhem Centraal and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 11m.
The distance between Zwolle and Basel is 743 km. The road distance is 707 km.
The best way to get from Zwolle to Basel without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 11m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 370.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Zwolle to Basel, including transfers.
Zwolle to Basel bus services, operated by RRReis, depart from Zwolle, Katwolderplein/Centrum station.
Zwolle to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Zwolle station.
The best way to get from Zwolle to Basel is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 11m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 13h 29m.
What companies run services between Zwolle, Netherlands and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Zwolle to Basel Bad Bf via Arnhem Centraal, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 8h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zwolle, Katwolderplein/Centrum to Basel, Bahnhof via Apeldoorn, Station [ G ], Arnhem, Centraal Station, Arnhem Central Station, Essen central train station, and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station in around 13h 29m.
- Website
- swiss.com
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
- Website
- klm.com
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 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–290
- 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–390
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–70
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–170
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 18–28
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–60
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 95–140
- 1st Class
- CHF 200–330
Train from Zwolle to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 100–160
- 1st Class
- CHF 220–370
Train from Zwolle to Den Haag Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–70
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–80
Train from Zwolle to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Zwolle to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–20
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 17–20
Train from Zwolle to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–25
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–25
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 88 033 1360
- Website
- rrreis.nl
Bus from Zwolle, Katwolderplein/Centrum to Apeldoorn, Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- rrreis.nl
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Arnhem Central Station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Arnhem Central Station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Essen central train station to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen central train station to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–60
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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More Questions & Answers
Zwolle to Basel bus services, operated by RRReis, arrive at Apeldoorn, Station.
Zwolle to Basel train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Arnhem Centraal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwolle to Basel is 707 km. It takes approximately 6h 6m to drive from Zwolle to Basel.
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