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A regular airport shuttle bus (#50) runs between the central station (Basel SBB) and the airport (Swiss side). If you arrive here, don’t take the French shuttle bus service, Distribus #11, as it only goes to the Gare SNCF in Saint Louis (the French part of Basel) and this would make your onward journey rather complicated.

The Swiss and German stations are connected by a local train service (S6), by tram (#2) and by bus (#30).

Should you arrive in Basel, the quickest and least complicated way to get to Pforzheim is to take the ICE (fast train) from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe and then switch to a local train to Pforzheim.

Getting around

If you start the Westweg in Pforzheim or Basel you should have no difficulty finding the trailhead. But if you want to walk only part of the way or explore individual sections as day walks, you should request or download the brochure ‘Westweg mit Bus und Bahn’ from the Black Forest tourist board (unfortunately only available in German) by going to www.schwarzwald-tourismus.info, placing your cursor on the ‘Info’ tab at the top of the page, and selecting ‘Prospektbestellung’. Scroll down the page to get to the brochure, which includes a map showing the nearest bus stops for accessing various points along the route.