There are 9 ways to get from Bonn to Geneva by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CGN - GVA
5h 27mCHF 70–190Night train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Bonn Hbf to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Genevabus FlixBus N122 / ...
11h 31mCHF 57–273Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain 49 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
9h 22mCHF 196–330Bus
- Take the bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Zurich to Genevabus Kyiv-Lyon
11h 17mDrive 686.9 km
- Drive from Bonn to Genevacar 686.9 km
6h 58mCHF 108–156Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUS - GVA
4h 36mCHF 86–211Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
4h 38mCHF 121–318Train, train to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LUX - GVA
6h 48mCHF 90–250Train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
9h 47mCHF 134–359
Bonn to Geneva by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Geneva is to fly which costs SFr 70 - SFr 190 and takes 5h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Geneva is to train and fly which takes 4h 36m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Geneva via Zurich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Bonn Stadthaus and arriving at Genève via Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Renens VD. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 22m.
The distance between Bonn and Geneva is 547 km. The road distance is 686.9 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Geneva without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 22m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Bonn to Geneva, including transfers.
Bonn to Geneva bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Bonn Hbf station.
Bonn to Geneva train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Bonn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Geneva is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 190. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs SFr 190 - SFr 330 and takes 9h 22m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 11h 17m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland?
Eurowings, Swiss, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Bonn Stadthaus to Genève via Siegburg Bf, Siegburg Bf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Renens VD in around 9h 22m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–28
- 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
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 7–11
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- 1st Class
- CHF 40–70
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–15
- 1st Class
- CHF 17–28
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 150–250
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–85
- 1st Class
- CHF 110–190
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 6–10
- 1st Class
- CHF 10–15
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bonn Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bonn Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–25
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- CHF 11–17
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–238
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 236–238
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 120–140
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Bonn Hbf to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Zurich to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Freiburg to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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