There are 10 ways to get from Prague to Bern by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
5h 28mCHF 107–253Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Prague to Bernbus FlixBus N106 / ...
10h 55mCHF 45–100Train via Munich
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Muenchen Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain 88
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthurtrain Ec
- Take the train from Winterthur to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
12h 26mCHF 182–270Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hbnighttrain En
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
15h 46mCHF 206–335Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Basel (BSL)plane PRG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
5h 37mCHF 83–274Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PRG - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
7hCHF 107–283Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 59mCHF 184–457Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Freisingtrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
9h 22mCHF 232–462Train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
16h 46mCHF 295–315Drive 761.2 km
- Drive from Prague to Berncar 761.2 km
7h 20mCHF 135–195
Prague to Bern by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Prague to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 100 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Prague to Bern is to fly and train which takes 5h 28m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Prague and arriving at Bern. Services depart three times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 10h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Prague to Bern. However, there are services departing from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Bern via München Hbf, St. Margrethen SG and Winterthur. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 26m.
The distance between Prague and Bern is 652 km. The road distance is 761.2 km.
The best way to get from Prague to Bern without a car is to bus which takes 10h 55m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 100.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Prague to Bern, including transfers.
Prague to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Prague station.
Prague to Bern train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, depart from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Prague to Bern is to bus which takes 10h 55m and costs SFr 45 - SFr 100. Alternatively, you can train via Munich, which costs SFr 180 - SFr 270 and takes 12h 26m.
What companies run services between Prague, Czechia and Bern, Switzerland?
FlixBus operates a bus from Prague to Bern 3 times a day. Tickets cost CHF 65–100 and the journey takes 10h 55m. Two other operators also service this route. Alternatively, you can take a train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Bern via Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, St. Margrethen SG, and Winterthur in around 12h 26m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–490
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–490
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–150
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–490
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Winterthur to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 101
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 91
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- Thurbo
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–20
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 16–20
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–280
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- [email protected]
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Prague to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Prague to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Prague to Bern train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, arrive at Muenchen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Prague to Bern is 761 km. It takes approximately 7h 20m to drive from Prague to Bern.
Book your Prague to Bern train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Prague to Bern bus tickets online with Omio, FlixBus and two other operators.
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