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Rotterdam ▸ Basel

Basel ▸ Rotterdam ⇄
2 a dayfastest 10h25☾ 2 overnight busesSleeper busBlaBlaCar Bus, FlixBus🇳🇱 Netherlands → 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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RotterdamEindhovenDüsseldorfCologneFrankfurtHeidelbergBasel· 534 km as the crow flies
  • 09:35 → 22:50
    FlixBus 007
    Rotterdam Central Station → Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) · via Eindhoven, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Frankfurt…
    13h1510 stops
    Runs: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun (some weeks)Book on FlixBus ↗
  • 19:10 → 05:50+1
    FlixBus N846 ☾ Overnight
    Rotterdam Central Station → Basel SBB (Meret Oppenheim-Street) · via Antwerp, Brussels, Saarbrücken, Strasbourg
    10h404 stops
    Runs: Thu to SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 19:10 → 04:50+1)Book on FlixBus ↗
  • 21:10 → 07:35+1
    BlaBlaCar Bus ☾ Overnight
    Rotterdam → Basel · via Antwerp, Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg…
    10h256 stops
    Runs: Thu to SunThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 21:10 → 06:35+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 Basel. 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 Basel?

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 Rotterdam to Basel?

The fastest takes 10h25; the slowest 13h15, for 534 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 Basel?

Yes: 2 overnight departures in the timetable, for example 19:10 arriving 05:50 the next morning.

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