There are 5 ways to get from Bern to Elkhart by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to South Bend
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to South Bend (SBN)ZRH - SBN
16h 20m$419–1,348Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)ZRH - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Elkhart Amtrak Station
17h 15m$282–588Train to Basel, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)BSL - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Elkhart Amtrak Station
18h 40m$512–871Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to South Bend
- Take the train from Bern to Brig
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to South Bend (SBN)MXP - SBN
19h 28m$415–1,420Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Brig
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)MXP - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Elkhart Amtrak Station
20h 14m$398–1,110
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to South Bend (SBN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Elkhart is to train and fly which costs $280 - $600 and takes 17h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Elkhart is to train and fly which takes 16h 20m and costs $410 - $1,400.
The distance between Bern and Elkhart is 4506 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 20m to get from Bern to Elkhart, including transfers.
Elkhart is 6h behind Bern. It is currently 6:17 AM in Bern and 12:17 AM in Elkhart.
There are 213+ hotels available in Elkhart.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Elkhart, IN, USA?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Elkhart. However, you can take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to South Bend (SBN), then take the taxi to Elkhart. Alternatively, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), walk to O'Hare, take the subway to Clinton-Blue, walk to Chicago Union Station, then take the train to Elkhart Amtrak Station.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to South Bend via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to South Bend via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to South Bend via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to South Bend via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to South Bend via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to South Bend via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Elkhart Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $12–18
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