There are 9 ways to get from Besançon to Prague by bus, train (TGV), train, night train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Besançon to Praguebus N1759 / ...
11h 25mKč 1,800–2,800Train
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
13h 42mKč 5,447–8,982Train, night train
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Belforttrain Ter
- Take the train from Belfort to Mulhouse Villetrain Ter
- Take the nighttrain from Basel Sbb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
16h 46mKč 5,388–8,964Drive 829.1 km
- Drive from Besançon to Praguecar 829.1 km
7h 8mKč 3,236–4,674Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BSL - PRG
6h 53mKč 2,226–6,863Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Mouchardtrain
- Take the train from Mouchard to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
8h 26mKč 3,040–7,571Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
8h 18mKč 3,494–7,861Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Besancon Viotte to Dijon Villetrain
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
8h 37mKč 3,008–7,634Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane FRA - PRG
9h 11mKč 3,404–6,321
Besançon to Prague by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Besançon to Prague is to bus which costs 1 800 Kč - 2 800 Kč and takes 11h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Besançon to Prague is to train and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs 2 200 Kč - 7 000 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Besançon and arriving at Prague. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Besançon to Prague. However, there are services departing from Besancon Viotte and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Strasbourg and Halle(Saale)Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 42m.
The distance between Besançon and Prague is 848 km. The road distance is 829.1 km.
The best way to get from Besançon to Prague without a car is to bus which takes 11h 25m and costs 1 800 Kč - 2 800 Kč.
The bus from Besançon to Prague takes 11h 25m including transfers and departs once daily.
Besançon to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Besançon station.
Besançon to Prague train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv station.
The best way to get from Besançon to Prague is to bus which takes 11h 25m and costs 1 800 Kč - 2 800 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 5 000 Kč - 9 000 Kč and takes 13h 42m.
What companies run services between Besançon, France and Prague, Czechia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Besançon to Prague once daily. Tickets cost Kč 1,800–2,800 and the journey takes 11h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Besancon Viotte to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv, Strasbourg, and Halle(Saale)Hbf in around 13h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–7,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–7,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–5,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–7,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–8,500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–4,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,200–10,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–1,800
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mouchard to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–850
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 450–700
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–1,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–2,800
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–1,700
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Belfort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 420–700
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Belfort to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 210–350
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–950
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Mouchard
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 180–300
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–950
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Besancon Viotte to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 410–700
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–1,400
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–5,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 290–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,091
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Basel Sbb to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,600–7,500
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–850
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,200
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 190–360
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Besançon to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–2,800
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Besançon to Prague bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Besançon to Prague train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Besançon to Prague is 829 km. It takes approximately 7h 8m to drive from Besançon to Prague.
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