There are 11 ways to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare3312 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to HendayeTgv
9h€93–217Bus
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare RoutiereC<>R
- Take the bus from Rennes to HendayeFlixBus N711
13h 15mDrive 841.6 km
- Drive from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun841.6 km
8h 58m€134–193Train to Caen – Carpiquet Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Fly from Caen – Carpiquet Airport (CFR) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)CFR - BIQ
11h 37m€185–583Train via Tours
- Take the train from Cherbourg to CaenTer
- Take the train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-CorpsK39
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Bordeaux St JeanTgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to HendayeTer
11h 40m€102–365Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Hendaye
14h 50mTrain to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)CDG - BIQ
8h 11m€176–446Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)ORY - BIQ
8h 9m€146–396Train, train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Lison
- Take the train from Lison to Pontchaillou
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)RNS - BIQ
18h 50m€180–516Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)CDG - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
10h 46m€166–404Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)CDG - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
10h 25m€142–367
Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun is to drive which costs €130 - €200 and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun is to train and fly which takes 8h 9m and costs €140 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun. However, there are services departing from Cherbourg-Gare and arriving at Hendaye via Rennes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun. However, there are services departing from Cherbourg and arriving at Hendaye via Saint-Lazare and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h.
The distance between Cherbourg-Octeville and Irun is 1144 km. The road distance is 841.6 km.
The best way to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun without a car is to train which takes 9h and costs €90 - €220.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun, including transfers.
Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun bus services, operated by Cap Cotentin, depart from Cherbourg-Gare station.
Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Cherbourg station.
The best way to get from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun is to train which takes 9h and costs €90 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 13h 15m.
What companies run services between Cherbourg-Octeville, France and Irun, Spain?
You can take a train from Cherbourg to Hendaye via Paris St Lazare, Saint-Lazare, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 9h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Hendaye via Rennes-Gare Routiere and Rennes in around 13h 15m.
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- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Caen – Carpiquet Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–850
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–850
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–800
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–800
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Caen – Carpiquet Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Caen – Carpiquet Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–390
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
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 Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- 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 St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €44
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Cherbourg to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lison to Pontchaillou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Lison to Pontchaillou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun bus services, operated by Cap Cotentin, arrive at Rennes-Gare Routiere station.
Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Paris St Lazare station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun is 842 km. It takes approximately 8h 58m to drive from Cherbourg-Octeville to Irun.
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