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4.6Travel optionsfrom Basel to Leiden
How to get from Basel to Leiden by train, bus or flight.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Basel to Leiden is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
1:30 PM17h10Basel6:40 AMLeiden$751One-way0 transfers
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- 1:30 PM17h10Basel6:40 AMLeiden$751One-way0 transfers
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- 6:05 AM14h00Basel8:05 PMLeiden$851One-way0 transfers
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This is compared to other travel options from Basel to Leiden:
A bus is $78 (€62) less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Basel to Leiden costing on average $140 (€112).
A bus is $130 (€104) less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Basel to Leiden costing on average $193 (€154).
Other travel options to Leiden take longer:
Train takes on average 8h 5m.
Bus takes on average 10h 35m.
- Around 27 flights per day.
- Around 7 buses per day.
- Around 4 trains per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Basel and Leiden as scheduled services by train, bus, and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Flights mostly depart from EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg and arrive in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
- Trains mostly depart from Basel SBB and arrive in Leiden Centraal.
- Buses mostly depart from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) and arrive in Den Haag, Centraal Station.
- Travel with FlixBus to go to Leiden by bus.
- Travel with Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) to go to Leiden by train.
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