There are 8 ways to get from Forbach to Lausanne by train, bus, car, plane, train (TGV), 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
best- Take the train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
7h 19mCHF 93–152Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Bernbus FlixBus N506
- Take the bus from Bern to Lausannebus 3909
8h 37mCHF 34–53Drive 397.8 km
- Drive from Forbach to Lausannecar 397.8 km
4h 58mCHF 67–96Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LUX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
6h 52mCHF 115–335Train via Metz
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
7h 30mCHF 112–184Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Evian-les-Bainsbus
- Take the ferry from Evian-les-Bains to Lausanne-Ouchyferry N1
15h 40mCHF 75–124Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
7h 4mCHF 150–351Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
8h 33mCHF 185–466
Forbach to Lausanne by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Forbach to Lausanne is to bus which costs SFr 30 - SFr 55 and takes 8h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Forbach to Lausanne is to drive which takes 4h 58m and costs SFr 65 - SFr 100.
No, there is no direct bus from Forbach to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Bahnhof, Forbach and arriving at Lausanne via Calypso am Schanzenberg, Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken bus station and Bern. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Forbach to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Sarreguemines and arriving at Lausanne via Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 19m.
The distance between Forbach and Lausanne is 440 km. The road distance is 397.8 km.
The best way to get from Forbach to Lausanne without a car is to train which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 160.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Forbach to Lausanne, including transfers.
Forbach to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Saarbrücken bus station.
Forbach to Lausanne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Sarreguemines station.
The best way to get from Forbach to Lausanne is to train which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 30 - SFr 55 and takes 8h 37m.
What companies run services between Forbach, France and Lausanne, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from FORBACH - Gare Routiere to Lausanne via SARREGUEMINES - Gare Routiere, Sarreguemines, Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 7h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bahnhof, Forbach to Lausanne via Calypso am Schanzenberg, Saarbrücken, Brauerstr./Fernbusbahnhof, Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken bus station, and Bern in around 8h 37m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–460
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–390
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–25
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Bern to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Evian-les-Bains
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 811 848
- info@cgn.ch
- Website
- CGN
Ferry from Evian-les-Bains to Lausanne-Ouchy
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Website
- CGN
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Booking & Getting There
Forbach to Lausanne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Forbach to Lausanne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Forbach to Lausanne is 398 km. It takes approximately 4h 58m to drive from Forbach to Lausanne.
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