Basel to Prague bus: 2 a day, fastest 9h40

2 a dayfastest 9h40☾ 2 overnight busesFlixBus🇨🇭 Switzerland → 🇨🇿 Czechia

Direct buses · no change

BaselZurichMunichFreisingRegensburgPlzeňPrague· 574 km as the crow flies

19:05 → 07:00⁺¹
FlixBus N199 ☾ Overnight
Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) → Prague (Main Railway Station) · via Zurich, Munich, Freising, Regensburg…
11h556 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 19:05 → 06:00+1)Book on FlixBus ↗
23:40 → 09:20⁺¹
FlixBus N872 ☾ Overnight
Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) → Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc) · via Freiburg, Nuremberg
9h402 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 23:40 → 08:20+1)Book on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

☾ Overnight: leave 23:40, arrive 09:20

The plane is 6h07 quicker door to door, but the night bus spends your night on the road instead of a day.

Bus · fastest direct10h22

To Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street)14 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N8729h40
From Prague (Central Bus Station Florenc)13 min

Train · fastest direct12h21

To Basel SBB1 min
Before departure10 min
EC 45912h09
From Praha hlavní nádraží1 min

Plane · nonstop BSL to PRG4h15

To EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL)20 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight BSL to PRG1h30
Landing to exit20 min
From PRG35 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance. Train: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

6 a weekdirect trains, fastest 12h09

Deutsche Bahn. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

1 airline fly Basel to Prague nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Basel to Prague?

Yes. 2 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Basel to Prague?

The fastest takes 9h40; the slowest 11h55, for 574 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 19:05 and the latest at 23:40, local time in Basel. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Basel to Prague?

Yes: 2 overnight departures in the timetable, for example 19:05 arriving 07:00 the next morning.

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