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| Operated by | Vehicle type | Departure time | Departure location | Trip duration | Arrival time | Arrival location | Recommended | Price and booking link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Basel Central Station | Flughafen Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Cheapest | |||||
| Basel Central Station | Flughafen Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Fastest | |||||
 | Basel-Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) | Cologne/Bonn Airport | No tags | |||||
| Mulhouse Freiburg Airport | Flughafen Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN) | No tags | |||||
Flixtrain + Flixbus | Basel Bad Station | Flughafen Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN) | No tags |
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You can expect to pay from $27 to $110 for a bus ticket from Basel to Cologne based on the last 2 days. You can expect to find the cheapest price for the trip at $27 which is on 2025-11-06.
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