There are 11 ways to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
10h 47m€273–542Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bielefeld Brackwede train station to Parisbus N71
- Take the bus from Paris to La Rochellebus FlixBus N711 / ...
18h 25m€93–157Train, bus
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Duisburg to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
18h 7m€103–230Drive 1,128.3 km
- Drive from Bielefeld to La Rochellecar 1,128.3 km
10h 40m€177–256Train, train to Bremen Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane BRE - LRH
21h 31m€136–679Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane HAJ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 24m€171–530Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane FRA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 55m€194–531Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane AMS - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 15m€170–482Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane FMO - LRH
13h 19m€126–463Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane AMS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
12h 19m€176–487Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane CRL - LRH
10h 9m€114–464
Bielefeld to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €90 - €160 and takes 18h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 9h 55m and costs €190 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Bielefeld station to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Bielefeld Brackwede train station and arriving at La Rochelle via Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Bielefeld to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Bielefeld Hbf and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Koeln Hbf, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 47m.
The distance between Bielefeld and La Rochelle is 1186 km. The road distance is 1128.3 km.
The best way to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle without a car is to train which takes 10h 47m and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Bielefeld to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bielefeld Brackwede train station.
Bielefeld to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bielefeld Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bielefeld to La Rochelle is to train which takes 10h 47m and costs €270 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €160 and takes 18h 25m.
What companies run services between Bielefeld, Germany and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Bielefeld Hbf to La Rochelle Ville via Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 10h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bielefeld Brackwede train station to La Rochelle via Paris in around 18h 25m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Bremen Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Zurich, Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Palma Mallorca, Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Munich, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport via Palma Mallorca, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- 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
- €30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Duisburg to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bielefeld Brackwede train station to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Bielefeld to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Bielefeld to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bielefeld to La Rochelle is 1128 km. It takes approximately 10h 40m to drive from Bielefeld to La Rochelle.
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