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Rotterdam ▸ Zurich

Zurich ▸ Rotterdam ⇄
1.4 a dayfastest 11h45☾ 1 overnight busSleeper busBlaBlaCar Bus, FlixBus🇳🇱 Netherlands → 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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RotterdamEindhovenDüsseldorfCologneFrankfurtHeidelbergZurich· 585 km as the crow flies
  • 09:35 → 00:05+1
    FlixBus 007
    Rotterdam Central Station → Zurich Bus Station · via Eindhoven, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt…
    14h3011 stops
    Runs: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (some weeks)Book on FlixBus ↗
  • 21:10 → 08:55+1
    BlaBlaCar Bus ☾ Overnight
    Rotterdam → Zürich · via Antwerp, Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg…
    11h457 stops
    Runs: Thu to SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 21:10 → 07:55+1)Book on BlaBlaCar Bus ↗
☾ Sleeper bus on this route · not in open dataTwiliner: sleeper bus with lie-flat seats

Twiliner runs a night bus on its Zurich to Amsterdam line, which calls at Rotterdam and Zurich. It publishes no open timetable, so we show no times: check times, and which stops it sells between, on its own site.

Times and tickets on Twiliner ↗ · About Twiliner · checked 18 Oct 2026

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026) and BlaBlaCar Bus (file of 18 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. Contains BlaBlaCar Bus timetable data (transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Rotterdam to Zurich?

Yes. 1.4 a day on average, with BlaBlaCar Bus and FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Rotterdam to Zurich?

The fastest takes 11h45; the slowest 14h30, for 585 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 09:35 and the latest at 21:10, local time in Rotterdam. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Rotterdam to Zurich?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 21:10 arriving 08:55 the next morning.

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