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Basel ▸ Rotterdam

Rotterdam ▸ Basel ⇄
2 a dayfastest 10h20☾ 1 overnight busSleeper busBlaBlaCar Bus, FlixBus🇨🇭 Switzerland → 🇳🇱 Netherlands

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BaselLörrachRustHeidelbergFrankfurtCologneRotterdam· 534 km as the crow flies
  • 03:35 → 14:25
    FlixBus N846
    Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) → Rotterdam Central Station · via Strasbourg, Saarbrücken, Brussels, Antwerp
    10h504 stops
    Runs: Mon, Tue, Sat, SunThe night the clocks change (Sun 25 Oct: 02:35 → 13:25)Book on FlixBus ↗
  • 08:05 → 21:30
    FlixBus 007
    Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) → Rotterdam Central Station · via Lörrach, Rust, Heidelberg, Frankfurt…
    13h2510 stops
    Runs: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (some weeks)Book on FlixBus ↗
  • 21:00 → 07:20+1
    BlaBlaCar Bus ☾ Overnight
    Basel → Rotterdam · via Saint-Louis, Colmar, Strasbourg, Luxembourg…
    10h206 stops
    Runs: Mon, Fri, Sat, SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 21:00 → 06:20+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 Basel and Rotterdam. 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 Basel to Rotterdam?

Yes. 2 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 Basel to Rotterdam?

The fastest takes 10h20; the slowest 13h25, for 534 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 03:35 and the latest at 21:00, local time in Basel. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Basel to Rotterdam?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 21:00 arriving 07:20 the next morning.

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