There are 9 ways to get from Bern to Pilsen by bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Bern Neufeld to Plzeňbus
9h 40mKč 1,000–1,700Train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- 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
11h 32mKč 4,352–9,029Drive 668.4 km
- Drive from Bern to Pilsencar 668.4 km
6h 27mKč 2,911–4,205Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
6h 32mKč 3,211–6,738Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic81 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus Ivano-Frankivsk
10h 40mKč 2,549–3,171Train to Basel, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
6h 43mKč 2,488–7,034Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane ZRH - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 9mKč 4,676–10,758Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
8h 4mKč 3,328–7,775Train to Basel, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BSL - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
9h 21mKč 5,353–12,454
Bern to Pilsen by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Pilsen is to bus which costs 1 000 Kč - 1 700 Kč and takes 9h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Pilsen is to drive which takes 6h 27m and costs 2 900 Kč - 4 200 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bern Neufeld and arriving at Plzeň. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Pilsen. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 32m.
The distance between Bern and Pilsen is 677 km. The road distance is 668.4 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Pilsen without a car is to bus which takes 9h 40m and costs 1 000 Kč - 1 700 Kč.
The bus from Bern Neufeld to Plzeň takes 9h 40m including transfers and departs once daily.
Bern to Pilsen bus services, operated by Nobless Line, depart from Bern Neufeld station.
Bern to Pilsen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Pilsen is to bus which takes 9h 40m and costs 1 000 Kč - 1 700 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 4 300 Kč - 9 500 Kč and takes 11h 32m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Pilsen, Czechia?
Nobless Line operates a bus from Bern Neufeld to Plzeň once daily. Tickets cost Kč 2,500 and the journey takes 9h 40m. RegioJet also services this route twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 11h 32m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–7,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–6,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–9,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–5,500
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–11,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–9,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,000
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–8,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–5,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,900
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,400–9,500
Flights from Basel to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,900–11,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–6,000
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,000
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–2,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 360–1,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,300
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,500
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,500
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–1,400
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- noblessline@noblessline.cz
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Bern Neufeld to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Bern Neufeld to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,700
- Website
- RegioJet
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–1,800
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Bern to Pilsen bus services, operated by Nobless Line, arrive at Plzeň station.
Bern to Pilsen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Pilsen is 668 km. It takes approximately 6h 27m to drive from Bern to Pilsen.
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