There are 11 ways to get from Kleve to Basel by train, car, plane, or bus
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Train via Mannheim
best- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain 12 / ...
6h 23mCHF 77–163Train
cheapest- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain Re10
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
6h 33mCHF 68–163Drive 584 km
- Drive from Kleve to Baselcar 584 km
5h 55mCHF 104–150Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)plane DUS - BSL
7h 14mCHF 118–309Train #2
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk Strain
- Take the train from D-Bilk S to Köln Hbftrain S11
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43N
9h 58mCHF 100–170Bus, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
6h 4mCHF 117–312Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
5h 13mCHF 157–407Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 43mCHF 114–288Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 28mCHF 153–331Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Kleve Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
7h 5mTrain, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 31mCHF 129–311
Kleve to Basel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kleve to Basel is to train which costs SFr 65 - SFr 170 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Kleve to Basel is to train and fly which takes 5h 13m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 410.
No, there is no direct train from Kleve to Basel. However, there are services departing from Kleve Bahnhof and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 23m.
The distance between Kleve and Basel is 620 km. The road distance is 584 km.
The best way to get from Kleve to Basel without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 6h 23m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 170.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Kleve to Basel, including transfers.
Kleve to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, depart from Kleve Bahnhof station.
Kleve to Basel train services, operated by RheinRuhrBahn, arrive at Düsseldorf Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kleve to Basel is 584 km. It takes approximately 5h 55m to drive from Kleve to Basel.
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What companies run services between Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Basel, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Kleve Bahnhof to Basel Bad Bf via Düsseldorf Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Friday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–340
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- [email protected]
- Website
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- RheinRuhrBahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to D-Bilk S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from D-Bilk S to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kleve Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–18
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 59
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- 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 26–45
- 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 26–45
- 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 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0900 - 266 63 99
- Website
- Breng
Bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2
- Schedules at
- Breng
- Phone
- +49 2841 205-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft (NIAG)
Bus from Kleve, Koekkoekplatz to Nijmegen, Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–7
- Schedules at
- Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft (NIAG)
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