There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Potsdam by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBIc6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Berlin Hbf11 / ...
10h 1m€90–290Train to Basel, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)BSL - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
6h 25m€80–219Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station106
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERN42
- Take the bus from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
17h 53mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBIc6 / ...
- Take the night train from Basel Sbb to Berlin HbfNj
12h 42m€94–332Drive 863.9 km
- Drive from Bern to Potsdam863.9 km
8h 34m€148–214Train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBIc6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof43
11h 50m€176–218Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Hannover Hbf
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Potsdam
10h 20m€197–275Train to Zurich Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)ZRH - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
6h 19m€82–213Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)GVA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
7h 39m€91–263Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)STR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
8h 38m€142–370
Bern to Potsdam by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Potsdam is to train and fly which costs €80 - €220 and takes 6h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Potsdam is to train and fly which takes 6h 19m and costs €80 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Potsdam. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Zurich Bus Station and Flughafen BER. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Potsdam. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Potsdam Hbf via Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between Bern and Potsdam is 997 km. The road distance is 863.9 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Potsdam without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 1m and costs €90 - €290.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Bern to Potsdam, including transfers.
Bern to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Potsdam train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Potsdam is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 1m and costs €90 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 17h 53m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Potsdam, Germany?
You can take a train from Bern to Potsdam Hbf via Basel SBB, Frankfurt, and Berlin Hbf in around 10h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof via Zurich Bus Station, Berlin Airport BER, and Flughafen BER in around 17h 53m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €150–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Sbb to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–85
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Bern to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 033208 2201 0
- info@angerbus.de
- Website
- angerbus.de
Bus from Flughafen BER to S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- angerbus.de
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More Questions & Answers
Bern to Potsdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Bern to Potsdam train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Potsdam is 864 km. It takes approximately 8h 34m to drive from Bern to Potsdam.
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