Cheapest€20.69
- SBB SB456606:231h 18m07:41Basel SBBSulgen
Door to door 2h 2mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Travelling from Basel to St. Gallen costs €20.69 at the cheapest and takes 1h 53m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 157 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.
At a glance
- Distance
- 157 km
- Fastest
- 1h 53m
- Average
- 1h 57m
- Services per day
- 5
- Cheapest
- €20.69
- CO2 per passenger
- 5.2 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €23.43 | 5.2 kg | 5 |
- 2h 2mFastest, by Train
- €23.43Cheapest, by Train
- 5.2 kgLowest CO2, by Train
- 157 kmDistance travelled
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Checking the live timetables.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to St. Gallen | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept | Sat26 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €46.54 | €38.29 | €35.54 | €32.24 | €44.34 | €35.54 | €37.19 | €30.59 | €25.64 | €23.43 | €25.09 | €33.34 | €27.83 | €31.69 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €20.69
The train gets you into St. Gallen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in St. Gallen
Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.
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When to book Basel to St. Gallen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.0990 days
- €17.9460 days
- €20.6945 days
- €15.7430 days
- €22.3421 days
- €31.6914 days
- €37.197 days
- €35.543 days
- €46.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 196 percent. The dearest point is €46.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €30.59Sun
- €25.64Mon
- €23.43Tue
- €25.09Wed
- €33.34Thu
- €27.83Fri
- €31.69Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €35.54Sept
- €22.89Oct
- €19.59Nov
- €20.14Dec
- €21.78Jan
- €19.04Feb
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 157 km against 136 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Zürich, Winterthur, Zürich (Kreis 11), Zürich (Kreis 9). The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:23 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Basel
Rail
- Basel SBB
- Liestal
- Laufen
Coach
- Basel Meret Oppenheim
- Dornach Bahnhof
Air
- BSL
Ferry
- Basel Schifflände
- Basel St. Alban-Tal
Sankt Gallen
Rail
- Sulgen
- Rheineck
- Heerbrugg
Coach
- Arbon, Bahnhof
- Bus
Air
- ACH
Ferry
- Sitterfähre Süd
- Sitterfähre Nord
The fare from ACH into St. Gallen is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in St. Gallen
Settled in advance, so the ride into St. Gallen costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SBB | €20.69 | 1h 53m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €17.00 | 82% |
| Taxes | €1.70 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 10% |
| Total you pay | €20.69 | 100% |
A day in St. Gallen carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Somewhere to leave the bags in St. Gallen?
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Basel to St. Gallen
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Basel to St. Gallen?
The fastest journey from Basel to St. Gallen takes 1h 53m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Basel to St. Gallen?
The cheapest fare from Basel to St. Gallen is €20.69, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €30.04. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Basel to St. Gallen?
The cheapest way from Basel to St. Gallen is by train, at €23.43 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 2m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Basel to St. Gallen?
Fares from Basel to St. Gallen bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €15.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 196 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Basel to St. Gallen?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to St. Gallen, at €23.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Basel to St. Gallen?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to St. Gallen, at €19.04 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Basel to St. Gallen?
1 operators sell services from Basel to St. Gallen across 1 mode: SBB. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Basel to St. Gallen?
20 percent of the services we sell from Basel to St. Gallen are direct. The rest connect at Zürich, Winterthur, Zürich (Kreis 11), Zürich (Kreis 9), with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Basel to St. Gallen use?
Services from Basel to St. Gallen by train leave from Basel SBB and arrive at Sulgen. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Basel to St. Gallen?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Basel to St. Gallen allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Basel to St. Gallen on 12 September 2026: 157 km of route against 136 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 1h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside St. Gallen and elsewhere in Switzerland. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in St. Gallen
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of St. Gallen, with free cancellation on most of it.
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Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Basel
Arriving in St. Gallen
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- 4Countries
- 5Operators
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