There are 13 ways to get from Basel to Rijeka by bus, train, night train, car, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Basel to Milano - Famagostabus
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
10h 23m€211–344Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Rijekabus
11h 40m€101Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
12h 5m€193–449Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Ljubljananighttrain En
- Take the nighttrain from Ljubljana to Rijekanighttrain En
17h 52m€309–497Drive 785.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Rijekacar 785.1 km
8h 31m€142–205Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Venice Mestrebus
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
14h 31m€338–575Fly Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BSL - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
7h 9m€249–596Fly Basel to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BSL - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
7h 53m€363–764Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
8h 8m€337–673Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
8h 13m€366–741Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
9h 1m€421–831Fly Basel to Pula Airport, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane BSL - PUY
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus stationbus
7h 10m€125–311Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
10h 14m€626–1,391
Basel to Rijeka by train and night train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Rijeka is to bus which costs €101 and takes 11h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Rijeka is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 9m and costs €240 - €600.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Rijeka. Services depart twice a week, and operate Thursday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 11h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Rijeka via Zuerich Hb and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 52m.
The distance between Basel and Rijeka is 883 km. The road distance is 785.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Rijeka without a car is to bus and train which takes 10h 23m and costs €210 - €350.
It takes approximately 10h 23m to get from Basel to Rijeka, including transfers.
Basel to Rijeka bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Rijeka train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Rijeka bus services, operated by Zelic Reisen, arrive at Rijeka station.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Rijeka, Croatia?
Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Basel SBB to Rijeka twice a week. Tickets cost €101 and the journey takes 11h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Basel to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Basel to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Basel to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €250–400
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Basel to Milano - Famagosta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €190–330
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €350–802
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €802
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Basel SBB to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €101
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Venice Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €1–11
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- [email protected]
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
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Basel to Rijeka train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Rijeka is 785 km. It takes approximately 8h 31m to drive from Basel to Rijeka.
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