There are 10 ways to get from Esslingen to Geneva by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Esslingen to Basel SBBtrain 60
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
7h 2mCHF 104–160Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N952 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Genevabus N122 / ...
9h 56mCHF 37–68Drive 449.6 km
- Drive from Esslingen to Genevacar 449.6 km
5h 4mCHF 73–105Fly Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane STR - GVA
5h 23mCHF 96–230Train via Singen
- 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 55mCHF 99–195Train, bus
- Take the train from Esslingen to Aulendorf Bahnhoftrain Re5
- Take the bus from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Konstanz Sternenplatzbus 700
- Take the bus from Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
10h 31mTrain 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 20mCHF 113–330Train, 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 47mCHF 127–322Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Esslingen to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MUC - GVA
5h 46mCHF 110–341Fly 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 51mCHF 161–340
Esslingen to Geneva by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 9h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to drive which takes 5h 4m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 110.
No, there is no direct bus from Esslingen to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Pliensauv. Weilstraße and arriving at Geneva via Stuttgart Airport Busterminal and Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Esslingen to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Esslingen and arriving at Genève via Basel SBB and Bern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 2m.
The distance between Esslingen and Geneva is 544 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 2m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 160.
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Esslingen to Geneva, including transfers.
Esslingen to Geneva bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal station.
Esslingen to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Esslingen station.
The best way to get from Esslingen to Geneva is to train which takes 7h 2m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 70 and takes 9h 56m, you could also fly, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 230 and takes 5h 23m.
What companies run services between Esslingen, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Esslingen to Genève via Basel SBB and Bern in around 7h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pliensauv. Weilstraße to Geneva via Stuttgart Airport Busterminal and Karlsruhe central train station in around 9h 56m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Esslingen to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 49–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Esslingen to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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 19–25
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Esslingen to Aulendorf Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 26–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–90
Train from Esslingen to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–50
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–110
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Esslingen to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 60–80
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–15
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–6
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Bus from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Konstanz Sternenplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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Esslingen to Geneva bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Esslingen to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esslingen to Geneva is 450 km. It takes approximately 5h 4m to drive from Esslingen to Geneva.
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