There are 12 ways to get from Como to Lens by train (Trenitalia, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Zurich
best- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Zuerich HbEc
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to LensTgv
10h 5m€120–331Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Como to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano518 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)479 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lens781
17h 40m€47–147Train, bus
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Basel SBBEc
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train Station
- Take the bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train Station to Lens
16h 3m€140–258Drive 855.2 km
- Drive from Como to Lens855.2 km
9h 31m€134–193Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Como Borghi to Saronno
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Brussels Airport (BRU)MXP - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Lens
7h 42m€93–279Train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta GaribaldiS11
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to LensTgv
11h 56m€95–289Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Monza
- Take the train from Monza to Milano Forlanini
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)LIN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Lens
8h 14m€68–234Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)MXP - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
7h 19m€59–274Fly Milan Linate Airport to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)LIN - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Lens
7h 54m€85–290Fly Milan Linate Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)LIN - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
7h 56m€69–289Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)BGY - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
9h 13m€59–237Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)BGY - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport to Gare routière
- Take the train from Amiens to Arras
9h 55m€66–244
Como to Lens by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Lens is to bus which costs €45 - €150 and takes 17h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Lens is to fly and train which takes 7h 19m and costs €55 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Lens. However, there are services departing from Como and arriving at Lens via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Como to Lens. However, there are services departing from Como S.Giovanni and arriving at Lens via Zuerich Hb, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 5m.
The distance between Como and Lens is 1019 km. The road distance is 855.2 km.
The best way to get from Como to Lens without a car is to train via Zurich which takes 10h 5m and costs €120 - €340.
It takes approximately 10h 5m to get from Como to Lens, including transfers.
Como to Lens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Como station.
Como to Lens train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Como S.Giovanni station.
The best way to get from Como to Lens is to train via Zurich which takes 10h 5m and costs €120 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €150 and takes 17h 40m.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Lens, Hauts-de-France, France?
You can take a train from Como S.Giovanni to Lens via Zuerich Hb, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 10h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Como to Lens via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 17h 40m.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Zuerich Hb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como Borghi to Saronno
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Milano Forlanini
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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 Lille Flandres to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- Rail 1st Class
- €10–14
Train from Amiens to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Amiens to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Reims - Champagne Ardenne Train Station to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Como to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- contact@oise-mobilite.fr
- Website
- oise-mobilite.fr
Bus from Aéroport to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €1
- Website
- https://www.oise-mobilite.fr/en
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More Questions & Answers
Como to Lens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Como to Lens train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Zuerich Hb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Como to Lens is 855 km. It takes approximately 9h 31m to drive from Como to Lens.
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