Lugano → Basel
Lugano to Basel by train
Lugano
Basel
A direct train runs from Lugano to Basel, scheduled from 2 h 55 min, with 144 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 55 min (typically 3 h 04 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 144
- Operators
- SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, SBB
- Stations
- Lugano → Basel SBB
- Straight-line distance
- 202 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inBasel →- 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 Lugano to Basel; 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: EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (BSL) · Stations: Basel SBB; Gare de Basel SBB; Basel Bad Bf; Basel Bad Bf (FlixTrain) and 3 more · Ports: Basel Schifflände
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