Vienna to Basel bus: 1 a day, fastest 12h35

1 a dayfastest 12h35FlixBus🇦🇹 Austria → 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Direct buses · no change

ViennaLinzMunichZurichBasel· 660 km as the crow flies

05:00 → 17:35
FlixBus N191
Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB) → Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) · via Linz, Munich, Zurich
12h354 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sun 25 Oct: 04:00 → 16:35)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

Fastest door to door: the plane (4h40). The bus takes 8h42 longer.

Bus · fastest direct13h22

To Vienna Erdberg (Busterminal VIB)18 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N19112h35
From Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street)14 min

Plane · nonstop VIE to BSL4h40

To Vienna (VIE)50 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight VIE to BSL1h40
Landing to exit20 min
From BSL20 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 instead?

No direct train from Vienna to Basel in pickthetrain's timetables: the bus is the no-change way.

Where Vienna goes by direct train ↗

Flying instead?

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

easyJet seasonalVIE→BSLBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Vienna to Basel?

Yes. 1 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Vienna to Basel?

The fastest takes 12h35; the slowest 12h35, for 660 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Vienna to Basel?

Not an overnight one: every bus here travels by day or evening.

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