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Colmar to Basel Airport- Help please!

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Hi travelers!

I am traveling from Colmar on May 28th to Basel Airport for a flight at 1:10pm.

According to rome2rio I am suppose to take the Colmar to St. Louis train. there are 2 direct trains one at 7:23am arriving 8:12am (49mins) and one at 9:23 arriving at 10am (37mins).

After I arrive in St Louis Rome2Rio says to take a bus that arrives every 20mins to get to Basel BSL airport. I am unfamiliar with the Distribus timetable. I wondering if I could get some help how to use this timetable from anyone who has made this trip before or anyone who is familiar with the timetable.

http://www.distribus.com/uploads/ligne11.pdf

Should I avoid the bus altogether and just take a taxi? If I take a taxi would that mean I would have to pay in Swiss Francs?

Please advise! :) Thanks!!

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Fast trains (TER 200) from Colmar to Basel stop at Mulhouse and St Louis. There are two ways you can do this.

1) Get off the train at St Louis and take the bus from the station to the airport. This is probably the quickest way, unless you have to wait too long for a bus.
You have the right timetable there, but possibly you are missing a bit of French vocabulary. "Gare SNCF --> Euroairport" = SNCF station to airport. "lunedi au vendredi" = Monday to Friday. And it lists the departure times. For example buses depart at 10:20 and 10:50. St. Louis is in France (the name is a clue). You would need to pay for the bus (or a taxi if you are short of time) in Euros.

2) Second option is to continue to Basel station, and get the bus from there. Bus No. 50 departs from outside the station at least 8 times per hour (more frequent than the bus from St Louis station). In this case you buy your ticket from the machine at the stop, price 4.40 Franks, and it takes Swiss Franks or Euros. Departure times from Basel SBB station are here: http://bvb.ch/fahrplaene/ah_02050A_n16_A_00007.pdf
Do not get a Basel taxi to the airport. Swiss taxis are a lot more expensive than French ones.

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