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Basel / Bâle to Paris by train
How to take the thrilling high speed rail journey from Basel to Paris
The only direct trains between Switzerland and the French capital are these high speed Lyria services.
Connect in Basel when travelling from locations in Switzerland without direct trains to Paris including; Biel, Bern, Luzern and Interlaken
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From Basel SBB/Bâle CFF to Paris Gare de Lyon/Paris Lyon
Journey Summary
3hr 3min
Daily
Travel Information
Final Destination: Paris Lyon
All trains also call at: Mulhouse-Ville
Most trains also call at: Dijon-Ville
Usual timetable
5 or 6 x trains per day
The train that usually departs Basel at around 16:34 does not operate on Saturdays
Tickets
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings usually open: up to 6 months ahead of the travel date
If tickets aren't on sale yet for your travel date, then this is a journey for which it's worth signing up to the ticket availability notification service on SNCF Connect.
Do that and you'll receive an email within moments of the tickets being released for sale.
It's worth doing, as this is a journey on which the very cheapest tickets tend to sell out particularly fast.
Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day, so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.
There can be particularly big discrepancies per train on this route.
Seats will automatically be assigned when booking tickets for this journey.
Rail Pass Users:
The TGV-Lyria trains are the only direct trains from Switzerland to Paris.
However, if you will be travelling with a Eurail or InterRail pass, which is valid in both France and Switzerland, the rail pass reservation fees for the Lyia trains are comparatively expensive.
For info on how you can avoid paying these fees, click on the train guide.
Where to book
| Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| Trainline | from €29 | |
| SNCF Connect | from €29 | |
| Save A Train | from €29 | |
| Happy rail | from €29 | |
| Omio | from €29 | |
| Rail Europe | from €29 |
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Journey Features
Good to Know
When travelling from Basel to most cities north of Paris by train, you have to transfer across the French capital in order to catch trains from Paris Nord.
However, an exception is the one ICE train per day that takes a Basel – Koln/Cologne – Utrecht – Amsterdam route.
This is a journey of four distinct parts.
1: The first part of the journey from Mulhouse to Basel is on conventional tracks.
2: Between Mulhouse and Dijon there is a high speed line.
3:The train switches to conventional tracks north of Dijon, this is the most scenic part of the journey
4: Finally the train will travel on the high speed line north to Paris.
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