There are 10 ways to get from Basel to Pilsen by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus
8h 29mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus Ivano-Frankivsk
9h 41mKč 1,200–2,200Drive 619.4 km
- Drive from Basel to Pilsencar 619.4 km
5h 7mKč 2,563–3,702Fly Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
5h 42mKč 1,512–4,934Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
9h 48mTrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to München Hbftrain 60
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
10h 2mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Ir36 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich to Pilsen - Husova Central Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
10h 37mKč 1,820–2,928Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
6h 51mKč 2,780–6,268Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 22mFly Basel to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BSL - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 12m
Basel to Pilsen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Pilsen is to bus which costs 1 200 Kč - 2 200 Kč and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Pilsen is to drive which takes 5h 7m and costs 2 500 Kč - 3 700 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Pilsen. However, there are services departing from Basel Bad Bf and arriving at Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 48m.
The distance between Basel and Pilsen is 749 km. The road distance is 619.4 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Pilsen without a car is to train and bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Basel to Pilsen, including transfers.
Basel to Pilsen bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Pilsen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Basel Bad Bf station.
The best way to get from Basel to Pilsen is to bus which takes 9h 41m and costs 1 200 Kč - 2 200 Kč. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs and takes 9h 48m.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Pilsen, Czechia?
GrandBus operates a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží once daily, and the journey takes 9h 41m. FlixBus also services this route once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basel Bad Bf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 9h 48m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–8,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–9,000
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–9,000
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–6,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–7,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–4,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,600–4,700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 400–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Nürnberg to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Zürich to Pilsen - Husova Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–1,400
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Basel to Pilsen bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží station.
Basel to Pilsen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Pilsen is 619 km. It takes approximately 5h 7m to drive from Basel to Pilsen.
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