Fastest€23.99
- SNCF SN235314:341h 9m15:43Basel SBBLausanne
Door to door 1h 53mCO2 5.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Basel to Lausanne train
Trains from Basel to Lausanne start at €21.79 and take 1h 53m at their fastest.
The Trains from Basel to Lausanne starts at €21.79 and takes 1h 53m door to door, run by 3 operators over 156 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 53mDoor to door
- 1h 9mMoving
- €21.79From
- 5.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 SBB | €18.49 |
 SNCF | €19.04 |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €18.49 |
The trip ends at Lausanne. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Lausanne for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Basel to Lausanne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.1821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €19.437 days
- €17.783 days
- €21.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €21.08, 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.
- €13.93Sun
- €11.18Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €13.38Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €13.93Sat
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
Lausanne
Rail
- Lausanne
- Renens VD
- Lausanne 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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 156 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 Thun, Köniz, Bern, Biel/Bienne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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 06:12 and the last at 14:54, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 53m | 1h 9m | 44m | €21.79 | 5.1 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 3h 3m | 2h 19m | 44m | €11.18 | 4.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Basel to Lausanne
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 Lausanne take?
The Train from Basel to Lausanne takes 1h 53m door to door, of which 1h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 156 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 Lausanne cost?
The Train from Basel to Lausanne starts at €21.79 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €22.06. 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 Lausanne?
3 operators run the Train from Basel to Lausanne: SBB, SNCF, SNCF Voyageurs. Between them they file around 10 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 Lausanne use?
The Train from Basel to Lausanne leaves from Basel SBB and arrives at Lausanne. 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 Lausanne?
Traveling from Basel to Lausanne by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 3h 3m door to door, against 1h 53m 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 Lausanne?
Fares for the Train from Basel to Lausanne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Basel to Lausanne produce?
The Train from Basel to Lausanne produces about 5.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 156 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 Lausanne?
Operators on the Train from Basel to Lausanne publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 53m 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Basel to Lausanne on September 11, 2026: 156 km of route against 136 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.79, and 1h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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