Basel → Lugano
Basel to Lugano by train
Basel
Lugano
A direct train runs from Basel to Lugano, scheduled from 2 h 54 min, with 144 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 54 min (typically 3 h 03 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 144
- Operators
- SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, SBB
- Stations
- Basel SBB → Lugano
- Straight-line distance
- 202 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inLugano →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 12 Dec 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Basel to Lugano; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): DE Regionalverkehr (regional rail); Switzerland opentransportdata.swiss (SBB + whole PT, via geOps mirror); Systemaufgaben Kundeninformation SKI+. How Head Your Way works.
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Airports: Lugano Airport (LUG) · Stations: Lugano; Lugano Paradiso · Ports: Lugano Centrale (lago)
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