There are 11 ways to get from Basel to Chișinău by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly Basel to Chișinău International Airport
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane BSL - RMO
7h 1m$141–397Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Ice
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain 95 / ...
- Take the bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Chișinău, North Bus Stationbus
28h 18m$327–1,292Train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Sargans to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinautrain 402
42h 58m$386–874Drive 1,915.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Chișinăucar 1,915.6 km
25h 9m$387–558Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane ZRH - RMO
7h 55m$241–635Fly Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane MLH - RMO
5h 26m$146–657Fly Basel to Iași International Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane BSL - IAS
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Strășenibus
8h 41mTrain, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane STR - RMO
8h 5m$212–629Bus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Tecucibus
- Take the bus from Tecuci to Chișinăubus
33h 13mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
- Take the bus from Iași to Chişinău Northern Bus Stationbus
40h 14m$172–433Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bregenztrain Ec
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
- Take the train from Iasi to Chisinautrain 402
43h 58m
Basel to Chișinău by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Chișinău is to fly which costs $140 - $400 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Chișinău is to fly which takes 5h 26m and costs $140 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Chișinău. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Chișinău via Karlsruhe and Tecuci. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Chișinău. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Chisinau via Sargans, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest and Ploiesti Sud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 58m.
The distance between Basel and Chișinău is 1630 km. The road distance is 1915.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Chișinău without a car is to train and bus via Warsaw which takes 28h 18m and costs $320 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Basel to Chișinău, including transfers.
Basel to Chișinău bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Chișinău train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
The best way to get from Basel to Chișinău is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs $140 - $400. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $380 - $900 and takes 42h 58m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 33h 13m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Chișinău, Moldova?
Austrian Airlines, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel SBB to Chisinau via Sargans, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest, and Ploiesti Sud in around 42h 58m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–340
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–370
Flights from Mulhouse to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Basel to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Basel to Chișinău International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Sargans to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $100–160
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–460
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- railway.md
Train from Iasi to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–30
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- [email protected]
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw Bus Station West to Chișinău, North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $58–116
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $116
- Children
- $58
- Phone
- +37360600488
- https://transmixt.md/
- Website
- transmixt.md
Bus from Iasi Airport to Strășeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transmixt.md
- Book at
- transmixt.md
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Karlsruhe to Tecuci
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Bregenz to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- [email protected]
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Tecuci to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- 0040 263 215 521
- [email protected]
- Website
- alexatrans.ro
Bus from Strasbourg to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- alexatrans.ro
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Iași to Chişinău Northern Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Chișinău bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Chișinău is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 9:06 AM in Basel and 10:06 AM in Chișinău.
Basel to Chișinău train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Sargans station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Chișinău is 1916 km. It takes approximately 25h 9m to drive from Basel to Chișinău.
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