Paris to Basel bus: 2.6 a day, fastest 7h55

2.6 a dayfastest 7h55☾ 1 overnight busBlaBlaCar Bus, FlixBus🇫🇷 France → 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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ParisReimsMetzStrasbourgColmarMulhouseBasel· 413 km as the crow flies

05:55 → 13:50
FlixBus N191
Paris (Pershing - Porte Maillot) → Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) · via Dijon, Mulhouse, Saint-Louis
7h553 stops
Runs: DailyBook on FlixBus ↗
10:30 → 19:00
FlixBus N199
Paris (Bercy Seine) → Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) · via Dijon, Besançon, Mulhouse, Saint-Louis
8h304 stops
Runs: DailyBook on FlixBus ↗
22:30 → 07:30⁺¹
BlaBlaCar Bus ☾ Overnight
Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station → Basel · via Reims, Metz, Strasbourg, Colmar…
9h005 stops
Runs: Thu to SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 22:30 → 06:30+1)Book on BlaBlaCar Bus ↗

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.

Bus, train or plane

Fastest door to door: the train (3h25). The bus takes 5h22 longer.

Bus · fastest direct8h47

To Paris (Pershing - Porte Maillot)23 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N1917h55
From Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street)14 min

Train · fastest direct3h25

To Paris Gare de Lyon15 min
Before departure10 min
Lyria 612B2h59
From Basel SBB1 min

Plane · nonstop CDG to BSL4h25

To Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)1h00
Check-in & security1h30
Flight CDG to BSL1h15
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: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

5.6 a daydirect trains, fastest 2h59

SBB, SNCF. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

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

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Paris to Basel?

Yes. 2.6 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 Paris to Basel?

The fastest takes 7h55; the slowest 9h00, for 413 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 05:55 and the latest at 22:30, local time in Paris. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Paris to Basel?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 22:30 arriving 07:30 the next morning.

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