How to get here - St Alban-Vorstadt 32

Basel has an extensive tram and bus network. The green city trams and buses are operated by BVB.

• Tickets are bought in advance at any of the ticket machines located at each stop.
• Ticket machines offer English language instructions.
• If you select your destination on the ticket machine, you will be sold the appropriate standard ticket. 
• Tickets allow you to travel in the 'same general direction away from the start point', changing trams/buses as you need, for a fixed time (one hour for a standard city ticket). You can see detailed information on BVB's single journey tickets and prices page here (external site).
• Most machines have suspended coin operation for the time being, and offer card-only payment. 
• There is no need to validate standard tickets, or show them on boarding. Keep your ticket in case a ticket inspector boards.

The closest stop to at Alban-Vorstadt is Aeschenplatz, one stop from Bahnhof SBB. A map showing the best route on foot from Aeschenplatz to the Primary site is shown above

Euroairport is located in France, north west of Basel. A customs road links the airport to Basel.

By bus

At peak times there is a shuttle bus (Line 50) every nine minutes for the 15 minute journey from Euroairport to Bahnhof SBB. 

You can see the timetable for the bus here.

• Make sure you leave the airport through the Swiss side.
• The bus stop is very close to the main exit from the Arrivals level.
• Buy your ticket before boarding from the ticket machine at the airport bus stop. A 3-zone ticket will cost around 6 CHF (4 CHF for under 16)
• Most machines have suspended coin operation for the time being, and offer card-only payment. 
• There is no need to validate standard tickets, or show them on boarding. Keep your ticket in case a ticket inspector boards.
• The shuttle moves quickly along the bendy customs road into Basel: we recommend you find a seat.

Our Upper Primary site is a twelve minute walk from Bahnhoff SBB. You can take the tram part of the way, travelling one stop from Bahnhoff SBB to Aeschenplatz: you will not need an additional tram ticket if you paid for the airport shuttle bus. Trams to Aeschenplatz are frequent.

• 8 (green tram) direction Weil am Rhein, Wiesenplatz, or Kleinhüningen
• 10 (yellow tram) direction Rodorsdorf, Flüh Bahnhof or Ettingen Bahnhof
• 11 (yellow tram) direction Saint-Louis Grenze

 

By taxi

Taxis are often available at the rank opposite main exit from the Arrivals level.

• Swiss taxis can only take you to Switzerland: leave the airport by the EU exit if you need to travel to France or Germany before ELA Basel.
• Taxis are often no faster than the shuttle bus.
• Expect to pay 50 CHF to travel to central Basel.
• Most taxis accept Swiss francs, Euros, and cards.

Bahnhof SBB is Basel's principle train station, connecting to most of the Swiss network and French railways.

The closest stop to St. Albans-Vorstadt is Aeschenplatz, one stop from Bahnhof SBB.

Connections to the German network are through Basel Badischer Bahnhof, the Deutsche Bahn operated station, north of the Rhein. There are frequent connections across the city to Bahnhof SBB, by train or tram.

The closest stop to St Albans-Vorstadt is Aeschenplatz, one stop from Bahnhof SBB.

Basel does not encourage car use in the historic city centre: public transport is often faster and less expensive .

To drive to ELA Basel we would recommend the use of GPS navigation with voice: like many cities, Basel has one way systems that are not intuitive to navigate.

Street parking around St Albans-Vorstadt is

• often very difficult to find
• paid for through multi-bay parking meters that require Swiss coins (no change given), and
• for short term only (30 or 90 minutes)

For ELA Basel's Upper Primary site we would recommend parking in a central car park, then using public transport or walking.

You can see Basel-Stadt's parking website here (external site). Aeschen parking, close to the SBB to Aeschenplatz tram stop, is the closest to the St Albans-Vorstadt 32 Upper Primary site. A map showing the route on foot from the Aeschenplatz tram stop to the Upper Primary site is shown above.