Cheapest€30.58
- SBB SB357007:3043m08:13Basel SBBRotkreuz
- SBB SB415409:441h 12m10:56RotkreuzVarese railway station
Changes at Luzern, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 10mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 1Refundable
Basel to Varese train
Trains from Basel to Varese start at €36.64 and take 2h 45m at their fastest.
The Trains from Basel to Varese starts at €36.64 and takes 2h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 248 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 45mDoor to door
- 2h 1mMoving
- €36.64From
- 8.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€31.69
- SBB SB386406:232h 1m08:24Basel SBBVarese railway station
Door to door 2h 45mCO2 8.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
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 | €31.69 | 2h 29m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Varese railway station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Basel to Varese
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.0490 days
- €26.1960 days
- €30.0345 days
- €33.8930 days
- €38.8421 days
- €46.5414 days
- €54.797 days
- €53.693 days
- €77.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €77.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €42.69Sun
- €39.39Mon
- €36.64Tue
- €37.74Wed
- €49.29Thu
- €46.54Fri
- €46.54Sat
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
Varese
Rail
- Varese railway station
- Varese Nord railway station
- Varese Casbeno railway station
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 248 km against 216 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, Bern, Luzern, Bellinzona. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Questions about Basel to Varese
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 the Train from Basel to Varese take?
The Train from Basel to Varese takes 2h 45m door to door, of which 2h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 248 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Basel to Varese cost?
The Train from Basel to Varese starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Basel to Varese?
1 operators run the Train from Basel to Varese: SBB. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Basel to Varese use?
The Train from Basel to Varese leaves from Basel SBB and arrives at Varese railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Basel to Varese?
Fares for the Train from Basel to Varese bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.19. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Basel to Varese produce?
The Train from Basel to Varese produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 248 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Basel to Varese?
Operators on the Train from Basel to Varese publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Basel to Varese on 11 September 2026: 248 km of route against 216 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 2h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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