There are 10 ways to get from Bordeaux to Ulm by train (TGV), bus, train, car, plane, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Ulm HbfTgv
7h 49m€114–367Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)BOD - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
7h 1m€88–316Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station
- Take the bus from Konstanz Bahnhof to Ravensburg, Bahnhof700
- Take the train from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Ulm HauptbahnhofRe5 / ...
19h 6mDrive 1,066.5 km
- Drive from Bordeaux to Ulm1,066.5 km
11h 27m€165–238Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)BOD - STR
- Take the train from Wendlingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
7h 48m€99–250Train
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof83
9h 15m€150–347Bus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Karlsruhe central train stationFlixBus N1151
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm091 / ...
19h 10m€89–133Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Frankfurt (FRA)BOD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
7h 13m€132–382Fly to Zurich Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BOD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Romanshorn
- Take the ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehre
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
8h 37m€114–302Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Basel (BSL)BOD - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
9h 3m€99–307
Bordeaux to Ulm by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bordeaux to Ulm is to bus which costs €85 - €140 and takes 19h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Bordeaux to Ulm is to fly and train which takes 7h 1m and costs €85 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Bordeaux to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Bordeaux and arriving at Ulm via Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Bordeaux to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Bordeaux St Jean and arriving at Ulm Hbf via Montparnasse Bienvenue and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 49m.
The distance between Bordeaux and Ulm is 1219 km. The road distance is 1066.5 km.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Ulm without a car is to train via Paris which takes 7h 49m and costs €110 - €370.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Bordeaux to Ulm, including transfers.
Bordeaux to Ulm bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bordeaux station.
Bordeaux to Ulm train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Bordeaux St Jean station.
The best way to get from Bordeaux to Ulm is to train via Paris which takes 7h 49m and costs €110 - €370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €140 and takes 19h 10m.
What companies run services between Bordeaux, France and Ulm, Germany?
You can take a train from Bordeaux St Jean to Ulm Hbf via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, and Paris Est in around 7h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bordeaux to Ulm via Karlsruhe central train station in around 19h 10m.
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- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €22–29
- 1st Class
- €40–55
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
- 1st Class
- €55–75
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 Bordeaux St Jean to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €90–130
- Rail 1st Class
- €140–200
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–30
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wendlingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- €20–29
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €17–25
- First Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €28–50
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–21
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Romanshorn
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Bus from Konstanz Bahnhof to Ravensburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bordeaux to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- info@bsb.de
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehre
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.bsb.de/en
- Phone
- +41 71 466 78 88
- info@sbsag.ch
- Website
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
Ferry from Romanshorn Autoquai to Friedrichshafen Faehre
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Bordeaux to Ulm bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Bordeaux to Ulm train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bordeaux to Ulm is 1066 km. It takes approximately 11h 27m to drive from Bordeaux to Ulm.
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