Hello,
We are planning an Alsace region trip.On May 1st (labor day) morning we need to travel from Colmar to Basel EuroAirport to catch our plane. We need to be at the airport latest 10 A.M.
I thought there might me more train /bus options for this route but there aren't. Maybe due to Labor Day. Earliest train reached airport after 11 A.M.
How can we find a solution? and advice?
thanks all :))
I am not sure where you are looking for trains, but there are trains before 11 am. There should not be any significant reduction on train services on 1st May, holidays have the same trains as on Sundays.
I looked on the DB website: https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml
There are two ways to do this
1) Train to Saint-Louis (last station in France), then bus every half hour to the airport.
2) Continue on train to Basel. then bus every 7½ minutes to the airport.
For option (1), the DB site gave me the following trains:
Colmar 07:23, direct, St-Louis (Haut-Rhin) 08:12, bus depart 08:20
Colmar 08:28, change Mulhouse, St-Louis (Haut-Rhin) 09:42, bus depart 09:50
And the bus timetable from the station to the airport is here: http://distribus.com/uploads/ligne11.pdf
If you don't like the infrequent bus connection, the options via Basel are:
Colmar 07:23, direct, Basel SBB 08:20, bus departure at 08:20 08:27 08:33 08:35 etc.
Colmar 08:28, change Mulhouse, Basel SBB 09:50
And the bus is on your left as you step outside the station. It is a frequent shuttle, there is always a bus waiting. Bus departure times here: https://www.bvb.ch/wp-content/bvb/Dokumente/Fahrplaene/Haltestellen/2018/Linie%2050/ah_02050A_n18_a_00007.pdf Bus takes 17 minutes to airport.
Don't know where you were searching but it was probably RailEurope US which doesn't include local trains. There are plenty of trains from Colmar to Basel. See https://cdn.ter.sncf.com/medias/PDF/grand_est/A%2001%20Strasbourg%20Mulhouse%20B%C3%A2le%20(10122017%20au%207072018)_tcm75-134834_tcm75-134722.pdf. The airport website recommends that if you are travelling from that direction by train you get off at Saint Louis station instead of Basel and get the bus from there (http://www.distribus.com/uploads/ligne11.pdf). As well as a more direct route this means you don't have to cross the France-Switzerland border.
Thank you very much Dear Chris and Dear Philip,
yes the website I was looking did not show local trains and I got panicked if that was due to May 1st Labor Day Holiday. Now everything is clear :))
again, thanks a lot :)
In that case you will need to use rail and bus timetable sections headed "jours feriees".
