Trains to Basel

162 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

162 places connect to Basel by Trains, across 4 countries, run by 10 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 53 km away to 382 km, with a median of 223 km.

Checked September 28, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Basel

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Basel, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Freiburg im Breisgau to Basel train€11.881h 14m53 km
Zurich to Basel train€11.881h 25m76 km
Bern to Basel train€11.881h 23m69 km
Biel/Bienne to Basel train€11.881h 15m53 km
Zürich (Kreis 11) to Basel train€12.441h 25m73 km
Zürich (Kreis 3) to Basel train€12.441h 24m73 km
Zürich (Kreis 9) to Basel train€12.441h 23m71 km
Winterthur to Basel train€12.991h 31m87 km
Lahr to Basel train€13.541h 33m90 km
Singen to Basel train€15.191h 40m97 km
Villingen-Schwenningen to Basel train€17.391h 32m89 km
Konstanz to Basel train€17.941h 46m121 km
Lausanne to Basel train€18.491h 52m136 km
Friedrichshafen to Basel train€20.692h143 km
Geneva to Basel train€21.242h 4m186 km
Karlsruhe to Basel train€22.342h 10m173 km
Ravensburg to Basel train€22.342h 6m155 km
Stuttgart to Basel train€25.092h 3m181 km
Reutlingen to Basel train€25.092h 7m160 km
Pforzheim to Basel train€26.182h 16m169 km
Ulm to Basel train€27.842h 30m203 km
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Basel train€29.492h 36m223 km
Mannheim to Basel train€30.042h 41m225 km
Saarbrücken to Basel train€30.582h 21m191 km
Munich to Basel train€33.892h 57m305 km
Frankfurt am Main to Basel train€34.442h 53m296 km
Milan to Basel train€35.542h 42m264 km
Quarto Oggiaro to Basel train€35.542h 48m257 km
Darmstadt to Basel train€35.543h 4m269 km
Mainz to Basel train€36.092h 57m274 km
Wiesbaden to Basel train€37.743h 10m285 km
Cologne to Basel train€48.743h 20m378 km
  • 162Places you can arrive from
  • 162Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 10Operators

The train gets you into Basel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Basel

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km6641%Biel/Bienne, 53 km
200 to 600 km9659%Lugano, 202 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Basel that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Germany8049%
Italy5031%
Switzerland3019%
Luxembourg21%
Carriers

Rail operators

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

  • DB Fernverkehr
  • SNCF
  • SBB
  • DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg
  • DB
  • Lyria
  • BLS
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Basel

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Basel

Rail
  • Basel SBB
  • Liestal
  • Laufen
Leaving

Leaving Basel

Common questions about Trains to Basel

Where can I travel to Basel by Trains from?

162 places connect to Basel by Trains on our network, across 4 countries. The nearest is 53 km away in a straight line and the furthest 382 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Basel cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Basel is €11.88 for one passenger, across 162 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 223 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Basel take?

The fastest Trains journey into Basel is 1h 14m door to door. The median origin sits 223 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Basel?

10 operators run Trains services into Basel on our network: BLS, DB, DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Bahn. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Basel use?

Trains services into Basel use 3 named terminals, among them Basel SBB, Liestal, Laufen. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Basel

Check-in is at three and you will be in Basel well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Basel

Most of the points near Basel SBB open before the first train and close after the last one.

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