There are 8 ways to get from Geneva to Achen by train, bus, car, plane, tram, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train
best- Take the train from Genève to Renens VDtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Kalhausen Garetrain Ter
8h 32m€135–475Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Geneva Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeldbus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Saarbrücken bus stationbus FlixBus N506
11h 8m€40–65Bus, train via Mulhouse
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Mulhousebus
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Sarregueminestrain Ter
10h 10m€60–122Drive 420.5 km
- Drive from Geneva to Achencar 420.5 km
5h 30m€74–106Fly to Luxembourg, bus, train, line 1 tram
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane GVA - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpo to Merzig, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Merzig to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the tram from Hauptbahnhof, Saarbrücken to Sarregueminestram
- Take the bus from SARREGUEMINES - Gare Routiere to ACHEN - Rue De Rohrbachbus
5h 47mBus, train
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Sarregueminestrain Ter
10h 42m€51–102Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Genève to Renens VDtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re1
10h 45m€149–572Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
6h 39m€154–431
Geneva to Achen by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Achen is to bus which costs €40 - €65 and takes 11h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Achen is to drive which takes 5h 30m and costs €70 - €110.
No, there is no direct bus from Geneva station to Achen. However, there are services departing from Geneva Bus Station and arriving at ACHEN - Rue De Rohrbach via Bern, Karstadt, Saarbrücken and SARREGUEMINES - Gare Routiere. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Geneva to Achen. However, there are services departing from Genève and arriving at Kalhausen Gare via Renens VD, Basel SBB, Offenburg Bahnhof and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 32m.
The distance between Geneva and Achen is 471 km. The road distance is 420.5 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Achen without a car is to train which takes 8h 32m and costs €130 - €480.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Geneva to Achen, including transfers.
Geneva to Achen bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Geneva Bus Station.
Geneva to Achen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Genève station.
The best way to get from Geneva to Achen is to train which takes 8h 32m and costs €130 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €65 and takes 11h 8m.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Achen, France?
You can take a train from Genève to Achen via Renens VD, Basel SBB, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Kalhausen Gare in around 8h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geneva Bus Station to ACHEN - Rue De Rohrbach via Bern, Saarbrücken bus station, Karstadt, Saarbrücken, and SARREGUEMINES - Gare Routiere in around 11h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–270
Train from Genève to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Merzig to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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 Strasbourg to Kalhausen Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Sarreguemines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Sarreguemines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Merzig to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Merzig to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- +49 681 5003377
- info@saarbahn.de
- Website
- Saarbahn GmbH
Tram from Hauptbahnhof, Saarbrücken to Sarreguemines
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- Saarbahn GmbH
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpo to Merzig, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
- Phone
- 09 70 80 90 10
- webmestre@moselle.fr
- Website
- Réseau interurbain Moselle - Fluo
Bus from SARREGUEMINES - Gare Routiere to ACHEN - Rue De Rohrbach
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- Réseau interurbain Moselle - Fluo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Strasbourg - L'Étoile Park Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Geneva Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- RegioJet
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More Questions & Answers
Geneva to Achen bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Bern Car Terminal Neufeld station.
Geneva to Achen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Renens VD station.
Yes, the driving distance between Geneva to Achen is 420 km. It takes approximately 5h 30m to drive from Geneva to Achen.
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