One passenger pays $55.58, every fee included. Services cover 591 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $55.58, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 20, 2026
$55.58
- 168%Moves across the booking window
168%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Basel and Rotterdam.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $129.59Wed7
- about $150.82Thu8
- about $105.93Fri9
- about $108.35Sat10
- about $116.85Sun11
- about $105.32Mon12
- about $77.42Tue13
- about $75.60Wed14
- about $81.66Thu15
- about $99.26Fri16
- about $96.22Sat17
- about $85.31Sun18
- about $82.28Mon19
- about $55.58Tue20
- about $63.46Wed21
- about $89.55Thu22
- about $81.05Fri23
- about $82.28Sat24
- about $82.88Sun25
- about $67.71Mon26
- about $59.22Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Rotterdam. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rotterdam for the night the train gets in
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When to book Basel to Rotterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $48.3090 days
- $61.6460 days
- $64.6845 days
- $71.3530 days
- $59.2221 days
- $55.5814 days
- $77.427 days
- $105.933 days
- $129.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $48.30.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is $129.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Basel to Rotterdam and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
591 km
534 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
177,595 → 868,135
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 591 km against 534 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Köln, Luxembourg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
The fare from RTM into Rotterdam is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Rotterdam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rotterdam costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Rotterdam Centraal
Most of the points near Rotterdam Centraal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Basel to Rotterdam
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Rotterdam?
Basel to Rotterdam covers 591 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Basel to Rotterdam?
The cheapest fare from Basel to Rotterdam is $55.58, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $101.08. 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 Rotterdam?
The cheapest way from Basel to Rotterdam is by train, at $55.58 for one passenger on October 20, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Basel to Rotterdam?
Fares from Basel to Rotterdam bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $48.30. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 168 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Basel to Rotterdam?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to Rotterdam, at $59.22. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 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 Rotterdam?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to Rotterdam, at $51.94 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 service from Basel to Rotterdam?
3 operators sell services from Basel to Rotterdam across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr, Luxair, SNCF Voyageurs. 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 Rotterdam?
0 percent of the services we sell from Basel to Rotterdam are direct. The rest connect at Köln, Luxembourg, with about 58 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 Rotterdam use?
Services from Basel to Rotterdam by train leave from Basel SBB and arrive at Rotterdam The Hague Airport RTM. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Rotterdam?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Basel to Rotterdam allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Rotterdam a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Rotterdam and across Netherlands
Day trips that leave Rotterdam in the morning and cover a good part of Netherlands by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Basel reaches 53 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 2,229 km. Rotterdam reaches 61 places in 17 countries, from 21 to 13,196 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Basel
- 53Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 29Operators
17
29Arriving in Rotterdam
Leaving Rotterdam
- 61Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 18Operators