There are 10 ways to get from Bamberg to Basel by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Bamberg to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 61
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
6h 4mCHF 74–260Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bamberg train station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N1326
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBBbus FlixBus 108 / ...
9h 50mCHF 43–65Train, bus
- Take the train from Bamberg to Nürnberg-Dürrenhoftrain S1
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhofbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 49mCHF 66–105Drive 456.8 km
- Drive from Bamberg to Baselcar 456.8 km
4hCHF 77–111Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bamberg to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Basel (BSL)plane NUE - BSL
6h 43mCHF 115–331Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
6h 28mCHF 85–281Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
5h 39mCHF 150–465Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bamberg to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
4h 53mCHF 156–422Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 53mCHF 160–379Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bamberg to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane STR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 51mCHF 178–434
Bamberg to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bamberg to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 40 - SFr 65 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Bamberg to Basel is to drive which takes 4h and costs SFr 75 - SFr 110.
No, there is no direct bus from Bamberg station to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bamberg train station and arriving at Basel SBB via Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Bamberg to Basel. However, there are services departing from Bamberg and arriving at Basel SBB via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 4m.
The distance between Bamberg and Basel is 538 km. The road distance is 456.8 km.
The best way to get from Bamberg to Basel without a car is to train which takes 6h 4m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 260.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Bamberg to Basel, including transfers.
Bamberg to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bamberg train station.
Bamberg to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bamberg station.
The best way to get from Bamberg to Basel is to train which takes 6h 4m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 40 - SFr 65 and takes 9h 50m.
What companies run services between Bamberg, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bamberg to Basel SBB via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bamberg train station to Basel SBB via Karlsruhe central train station in around 9h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–370
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–430
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–420
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Nürnberg-Dürrenhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 42–47
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Nürnberg to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–60
- Website
- Grand Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bamberg train station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Bamberg to Basel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Bamberg to Basel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bamberg to Basel is 457 km. It takes approximately 4h to drive from Bamberg to Basel.
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