There are 9 ways to get from Locarno to Prague by train, plane, bus, train (Trenitalia), night train, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
6h 25mKč 993–3,270Bus via Chur
- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the bus from Chur station train station to Praguebus FlixBus N1308
14h 23mKč 1,341–2,242Train
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain Ec
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train Ec
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
15h 3mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain Ir46
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
17h 48mKč 6,763–10,092Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BGY - PRG
6h 55mKč 2,307–6,631Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
7h 6mKč 3,206–7,338Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
8h 1mKč 2,196–7,048Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 22
15h 10mKč 1,351–2,070Drive 757.7 km
- Drive from Locarno to Praguecar 757.7 km
7h 57mKč 3,170–4,579
Locarno to Prague by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Prague is to bus via Chur which costs 1 300 Kč - 2 300 Kč and takes 14h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Prague is to train and fly which takes 6h 25m and costs 950 Kč - 3 300 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Locarno to Prague. However, there are services departing from Locarno, Debarcadero and arriving at Prague via Bellinzona, Stazione and Chur station train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Prague. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Bellinzona, Zürich HB, St. Margrethen Sg and Muenchen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 3m.
The distance between Locarno and Prague is 774 km. The road distance is 757.7 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Prague without a car is to bus via Chur which takes 14h 23m and costs 1 300 Kč - 2 300 Kč.
It takes approximately 6h 25m to get from Locarno to Prague, including transfers.
Locarno to Prague bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, depart from Bellinzona, Stazione station.
Locarno to Prague train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Bellinzona station.
The best way to get from Locarno to Prague is to bus via Chur which takes 14h 23m and costs 1 300 Kč - 2 300 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs and takes 15h 3m.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Prague, Czechia?
You can take a bus from Locarno, Debarcadero to Prague via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur, Postautostation, and Chur station train station in around 14h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Locarno to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Bellinzona, Zuerich Hb, Zürich HB, St. Margrethen Sg, and Muenchen Hbf in around 15h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–7,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- 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 Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- 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 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–9,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–2,600
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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–6,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–9,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–2,900
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 1,600–4,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–6,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–3,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–3,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 110–140
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 120–150
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–2,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,400–2,000
- 2nd Class
- Kč 900–1,300
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,400
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- Kč 850–1,200
- 2nd Class
- Kč 1,000–1,400
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 250–320
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 380–480
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,400
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 5,000–7,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 200–290
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chur station train station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–1,700
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 190–290
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 100–410
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- Kč 310–410
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lugano Via Giacomo and Filippo Ciani to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Locarno to Prague bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, arrive at Chur, Postautostation.
Locarno to Prague train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Prague is 758 km. It takes approximately 7h 57m to drive from Locarno to Prague.
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