There are 5 ways to get from Providence to Basel by train or plane
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Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Providence to Back Baytrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Basel (BSL)plane BOS - BSL
13h 32mCHF 268–1,422Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Providence to Back Baytrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BOS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
12h 51mCHF 408–1,126Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PVD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
14h 29mCHF 304–1,064Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Providence to Back Baytrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BOS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
14h 7mCHF 385–1,388Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane JFK - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
15h 11mCHF 291–955
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Providence to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 400 - SFr 1200 and takes 12h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Providence to Basel is to train and fly which takes 12h 51m and costs SFr 400 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Providence and Basel is 6018 km.
It takes approximately 13h 32m to get from Providence to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 5h ahead of Providence. It is currently 2:34 PM in Providence and 7:34 PM in Basel.
There are 1335+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Providence, RI, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Providence to Basel. However, you can take the train to Back Bay, walk to Dartmouth Street opposite Back Bay Station, take the bus to Terminal A – LEX Drop Off, walk to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) airport, fly to Basel (BSL), walk to Basel EuroAirport, Ankunft, then take the line 50 bus to Basel, Brausebad. Alternatively, you can take the train to Back Bay, walk to Dartmouth Street opposite Back Bay Station, take the bus to Terminal A – LEX Drop Off, walk to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, take the train to Zürich HB, then take the train to Basel SBB.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–320
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Zurich Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–320
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,300
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–370
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- CHF 6–12
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- CHF 6–12
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- CHF 6–12
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–30
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–460
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- CHF 8–370
- First Class
- CHF 90–460
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–460
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- CHF 8–370
- First Class
- CHF 90–460
Train from Providence to Back Bay
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–460
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- CHF 8–370
- First Class
- CHF 90–460
Train from Providence to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- CHF 35–400
- First Class
- CHF 150–600
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)
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 Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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