There are 8 ways to get from Esslingen to Geneva by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Singentrain 87
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain Ic
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
7h 47mCHF 124–240Bus via Freiburg im Breisgau
cheapest- Take the bus from Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof to Freiburgbus 008
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Genevabus FlixBus N122 / ...
10h 36mCHF 36–65Bus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Zurich to Genevabus Kyiv-Lyon
8h 12mDrive 449.6 km
- Drive from Esslingen to Genevacar 449.6 km
5h 6mCHF 71–103Fly Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane STR - GVA
5h 23mCHF 100–250Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ZRH - GVA
6h 40mCHF 137–311Train to Frankfurt, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
5h 24mCHF 130–345Fly Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane STR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Genèvetrain
6h 40mCHF 190–390
Esslingen to Geneva by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to bus via Freiburg im Breisgau which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 10h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to drive which takes 5h 6m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 110.
No, there is no direct train from Esslingen to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Esslingen and arriving at Genève via Hauptbahnhof, Singen and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 47m.
The distance between Esslingen and Geneva is 517 km. The road distance is 449.6 km.
The best way to get from Esslingen to Geneva without a car is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 240.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Esslingen to Geneva, including transfers.
Esslingen to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 8h 12m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 250 and takes 5h 23m.
Esslingen to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Singen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esslingen to Geneva is 450 km. It takes approximately 5h 6m to drive from Esslingen to Geneva.
What companies run services between Esslingen, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Esslingen to Genève via Hauptbahnhof, Singen, and Zürich HB in around 7h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Esslingen to Geneva via Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart, and Zurich in around 8h 12m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–370
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 34–38
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 36–41
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 36–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–85
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- 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 Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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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