There are 10 ways to get from Bamberg to Bern by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Bamberg to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 61
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
7h 32mCHF 102–251Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bamberg train station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus 1326
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bernbus FlixBus N872
9h 25mCHF 45–73Drive 505.1 km
- Drive from Bamberg to Berncar 505.1 km
5h 17mCHF 97–140Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 56mCHF 155–336Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
8h 11mCHF 97–231Train, bus
- Take the train from Bamberg to Rottendorftrain
- Take the train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
9h 36mCHF 91–141Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bamberg to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane STR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 54mCHF 177–434Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bamberg to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MUC - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 10mCHF 153–368Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 10mCHF 171–457Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Bamberg to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Basel (BSL)plane MUC - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
6h 23mCHF 179–439
Bamberg to Bern by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bamberg to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 75 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bamberg to Bern is to drive which takes 5h 17m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 140.
No, there is no direct bus from Bamberg station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Bamberg train station and arriving at Bern via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Bamberg to Bern. However, there are services departing from Bamberg and arriving at Bern via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 32m.
The distance between Bamberg and Bern is 637 km. The road distance is 505.1 km.
The best way to get from Bamberg to Bern without a car is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Bamberg to Bern, including transfers.
Bamberg to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bamberg train station.
Bamberg to Bern train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bamberg station.
The best way to get from Bamberg to Bern is to train which takes 7h 32m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 75 and takes 9h 25m.
What companies run services between Bamberg, Germany and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Bamberg to Bern via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB in around 7h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bamberg train station to Bern via Nuremberg central bus station in around 9h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–200
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bamberg to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–95
- 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 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 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 Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- 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 Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Rottendorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bamberg to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 46
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 30–45
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bamberg train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–31
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Bamberg to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Bamberg to Bern train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bamberg to Bern is 505 km. It takes approximately 5h 17m to drive from Bamberg to Bern.
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