There are 12 ways to get from Moscow to Basel by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SVO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
11h 26mCHF 127–323Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Basel (BSL)plane SVO - BSL
13h 17mCHF 107–299Bus
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Prague to Basel SBBbus
38h 30mCHF 130–338Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Głównybus 900 / ...
- Take the train from Gdansk Glowny to Berlin-Lichtenbergtrain Ic
- Take the train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Erfurt Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
39h 2mCHF 275–556Drive 2,596.7 km
- Drive from Moscow to Baselcar 2,596.7 km
25h 48mCHF 434–626Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Basel
- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Basel (BSL)plane VKO - BSL
12h 2mCHF 144–607Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Mulhouse (MLH)plane SVO - MLH
13h 57mCHF 147–399Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SVO - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
13h 12mCHF 138–519Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus
- Take the bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Karlsruhebus
- Take the nighttrain from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
40h 54mCHF 165–376Train, drive
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Cherniahovsktrain
- Drive from Cherniahovsk to Markuzycar
- Take the train from Ketrzyn to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12
42h 52mCHF 247–516Train, bus
- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsktrain
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Mannheimbus 905
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
47h 26mCHF 200–356Drive, car train
- Drive from Moscow to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
31h 16mCHF 375–523
Moscow to Basel by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Moscow to Basel is to bus which costs SFr 130 - SFr 340 and takes 38h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Moscow to Basel is to fly and train which takes 11h 26m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Moscow to Basel. However, there are services departing from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal and arriving at Basel SBB via Minsk Central Bus Station and Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 30m.
The distance between Moscow and Basel is 2305 km. The road distance is 2596.7 km.
The best way to get from Moscow to Basel without a car is to bus which takes 38h 30m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 340.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Moscow to Basel, including transfers.
Moscow to Basel bus services, operated by Ecolines RU, depart from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal station.
The best way to get from Moscow to Basel is to bus which takes 38h 30m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs SFr 140 - SFr 650 and takes 12h 2m.
Moscow to Basel bus services, operated by Ecolines RU, arrive at Minsk Central Bus Station.
Basel is 2h behind Moscow. It is currently 9:36 AM in Moscow and 7:36 AM in Basel.
What companies run services between Moscow, Russia and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Basel SBB via Minsk Central Bus Station and Prague in around 38h 30m. Alternatively, Turkish Airlines, AJet, and two other airlines fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Basel (BSL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–490
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–490
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Belgrade, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Website
- aslairlines.fr
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Mulhouse via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Basel via Belgrade, Sarajevo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
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
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 150–210
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–70
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Cherniahovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–65
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Kaliningrad-Passajirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 150–210
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 45–70
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gdansk Glowny to Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Ketrzyn to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–90
- 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 Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–85
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 75–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–220
- Schedules at
- vt.by
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- [email protected]
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Gdańsk Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–75
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Mannheim
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- [email protected]
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 62–123
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- CHF 123
- Children
- CHF 62
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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