I am confused. I know that Basel has both the SNCF rail station and SBB
station.
We will be traveling in from Paris (SNCF) and may want to go to Germany
from Basel thus leaving town via SBB station . I thought I had read
that these stations were some km apart, but am looking at a map and
this indicated that they are actually on either side of one main
station. Thanks Karen

Hi,

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    > I am confused. I know that Basel has both the SNCF rail station and SBB
    > station.
    > We will be traveling in from Paris (SNCF) and may want to go to Germany
    > from Basel thus leaving town via SBB station . I thought I had read
    > that these stations were some km apart, but am looking at a map and
    > this indicated that they are actually on either side of one main
    > station. Thanks Karen

Basel SBB is Basel's main station, part of it is called "Basel SNCF".
Trains from France terminate there. On the other side of the Rhine,
there is a station called "Basel Badischer Bahnhof" or, for short,
"Basel Bad Bf", where some of the trains to Germany can be reached.
Almost all long-distance trains from Basel to Germany already call at
Basel SBB, stopping at Basel Bad Bf on their way north.

So, changing trains at Basel SBB/SNCF (the parts are only divided by a
border control, if I recall correctly) will not be a problem at all.

Sebastian

[email protected] schrieb:

    > I am confused. I know that Basel has both the SNCF rail station and SBB
    > station.

Basel SNCF and Basel SBB are essentially the same station - a few platforms
have been separated for trains to/from France and are called "Basel SNCF".

    > We will be traveling in from Paris (SNCF) and may want to go to Germany
    > from Basel thus leaving town via SBB station.

Allow a few minutes extra for immigration/customs checks and you'll be fine.

... Martin

In message <[email protected] .com>,
[email protected] writes
    >I am confused. I know that Basel has both the SNCF rail station and SBB
    >station.
    >We will be traveling in from Paris (SNCF) and may want to go to Germany
    >from Basel thus leaving town via SBB station . I thought I had read
    >that these stations were some km apart, but am looking at a map and
    >this indicated that they are actually on either side of one main
    >station. Thanks Karen

Basel SBB is the main station, Basel SNCF is the same station (platforms
numbered from about 78 upwards, if I remember correctly), but separated
by the border customs/immigration controls.

Basel Bad Bf is a couple of kilometres from SBB, on the route from
Switzerland into Germany, so trains will start from SBB and call at Bad
Bf. Although Bad Bf is actually in Switzerland, it's operated by
Deutsche Bahn as a domestic German station, so the ticket machines take
euro rather than francs.

--
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/

In article <[email protected]>,
Arwel Parry <[email protected]> wrote:
    >Basel Bad Bf is a couple of kilometres from SBB, on the route from
    >Switzerland into Germany, so trains will start from SBB and call at Bad
    >Bf. Although Bad Bf is actually in Switzerland, it's operated by
    >Deutsche Bahn as a domestic German station, so the ticket machines take
    >euro rather than francs.

And as you go down the corridor from the entrance hall to the platforms,
you go through (or past) a German customs/immigration station. We had
nothing to declare, so we just walked right on past.

--
Jon Bell <[email protected]> Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science Clinton, South Carolina USA

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 04:23:57 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Jon Bell)
wrote:

    >
    >In article <[email protected]>,
    >Arwel Parry <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>Basel Bad Bf is a couple of kilometres from SBB, on the route from
    >>Switzerland into Germany, so trains will start from SBB and call at Bad
    >>Bf. Although Bad Bf is actually in Switzerland, it's operated by
    >>Deutsche Bahn as a domestic German station, so the ticket machines take
    >>euro rather than francs.
    >And as you go down the corridor from the entrance hall to the platforms,
    >you go through (or past) a German customs/immigration station. We had
    >nothing to declare, so we just walked right on past.

Last time I was at the Badischer Bahnhof, the customs/passport control
area was unmanned, although the time before I had to show my passport.
Same at Basel SNCF, although there were officials there the next day.


Keith, Bristol, UK

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