There are 11 ways to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle by train (Trenitalia, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Lagny-sur-Marne
best- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VDtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Geneve to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
10h 17m€186–514Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Bordeauxbus FlixBus N1149
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to La Rochellebus N746 / ...
18h 45m€64–135Train, bus
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VDtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
16h 29m€84–140Drive 744.5 km
- Drive from Biel/Bienne to La Rochellecar 744.5 km
9h 43m€128–184Train to Basel, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BSL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 28m€89–291Train
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain Ext
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
10h 41m€166–338Train to Basel, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BSL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 19m€70–306Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane GVA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 58m€93–245Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane GVA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 38m€89–240Train, train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane SXB - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 19m€101–354Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane LYS - LRH
8h 41m€123–437
Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €60 - €140 and takes 18h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 8h 28m and costs €85 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Biel/Bienne, Zentralplatz and arriving at La Rochelle via Lyss, Bahnhof, Bern and Bordeaux. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Biel/Bienne and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Renens VD, Geneve and Marne La Vallee Chessy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 17m.
The distance between Biel/Bienne and La Rochelle is 1148 km. The road distance is 744.5 km.
The best way to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle without a car is to train via Lagny-sur-Marne which takes 10h 17m and costs €180 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Biel/Bienne station.
The best way to get from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle is to train via Lagny-sur-Marne which takes 10h 17m and costs €180 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €140 and takes 18h 45m.
What companies run services between Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle Ville via Renens VD, Geneve, and Marne La Vallee Chessy in around 10h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Biel/Bienne, Zentralplatz to La Rochelle via Lyss, Bahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, and Bordeaux in around 18h 45m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lille Lesquin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Biel/Bienne to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Geneve to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €8–12
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Geneve to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €45–60
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bordeaux station.
Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Renens VD station.
Yes, the driving distance between Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle is 744 km. It takes approximately 9h 43m to drive from Biel/Bienne to La Rochelle.
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