Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau train

Trains from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau start at €11.88 and take 1h 14m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 14m door to door, run by 5 operators over 61 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 14mDoor to door
  • 30mMoving
  • €11.88From
  • 2.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€15.74
  1. SNCF Voyageurs SN710311:2130m11:51Basel SBBFreiburg (Breisgau) Hbf

Door to door 1h 14mCO2 2.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

The trip ends at Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

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Booking window

When to book Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.077 days
  8. €10.073 days
  9. €10.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

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

Freiburg

Rail
  • Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf
  • Freiburg Güterbahnhof
  • Freiburg-Wiehre railway station
The journey

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
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 61 km against 53 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 Villingen-Schwenningen, Zürich, Winterthur, Offenburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:00 and the last at 17:24, across 19 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 14m30m44m€11.882.0 kg19
Coach1h 42m58m44m€10.071.6 kg3

Questions about Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau

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 the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau take?

The Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau takes 1h 14m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving. The route runs 61 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 Freiburg im Breisgau cost?

The Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €20.69. 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 Freiburg im Breisgau?

5 operators run the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Bahn, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SNCF Voyageurs. Between them they file around 19 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 Freiburg im Breisgau use?

The Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau leaves from Basel SBB and arrives at Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf. 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.

Is the Train the best way from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau?

Traveling from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 42m door to door, against 1h 14m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau?

Fares for the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau produce?

The Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau produces about 2.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 61 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau?

Operators on the Train from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 14m 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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau on September 11, 2026: 61 km of route against 53 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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