Cheapest€31.69
- SNCF Voyageurs SN938006:261h 58m08:24Luxembourg Gare CentraleBasel SBB
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Luxembourg to Basel train
Trains from Luxembourg to Basel start at €34.44 and take 2h 40m at their fastest.
The Trains from Luxembourg to Basel starts at €34.44 and takes 2h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 252 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 40mDoor to door
- 1h 56mMoving
- €34.44From
- 8.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€33.89
- SNCF Voyageurs SN386414:391h 56m16:35Luxembourg Gare CentraleBasel SBB
Door to door 2h 40mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNCF Voyageurs | €31.69 | 2h 30m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Basel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Basel
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When to book Luxembourg to Basel
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.5490 days
- €26.7460 days
- €22.8945 days
- €25.6430 days
- €32.7921 days
- €39.9414 days
- €44.397 days
- €41.043 days
- €55.601 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is €55.60, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €46.75Sun
- €35.54Mon
- €34.99Tue
- €43.79Wed
- €43.21Thu
- €47.64Fri
- €39.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Luxembourg
Rail
- Luxembourg Gare Centrale
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg Gare Centrale (Quai 13)
Basel
Rail
- Basel SBB
- Liestal
- Laufen
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 252 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Zürich, Bern, Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Luxembourg at 06:26 and the last at 14:39, across 5 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 | 2h 40m | 1h 56m | 44m | €34.44 | 8.3 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €41.44 | 63.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Luxembourg to Basel
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 Luxembourg to Basel take?
The Train from Luxembourg to Basel takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 252 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 Luxembourg to Basel cost?
The Train from Luxembourg to Basel starts at €34.44 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €36.08. 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 Luxembourg to Basel?
1 operators run the Train from Luxembourg to Basel: SNCF Voyageurs. 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 Luxembourg to Basel use?
The Train from Luxembourg to Basel leaves from Luxembourg Gare Centrale and arrives at Basel SBB. 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 Luxembourg to Basel?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Luxembourg to Basel, at €34.44 and 2h 40m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Luxembourg to Basel?
Fares for the Train from Luxembourg to Basel bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 143 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Luxembourg to Basel produce?
The Train from Luxembourg to Basel produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 252 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 Luxembourg to Basel?
Operators on the Train from Luxembourg to Basel publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 40m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Luxembourg to Basel on September 12, 2026: 252 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.44, and 2h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Basel
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