There are 9 ways to get from Geneva to Jena by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane GVA - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
5h 14m€124–388Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Geneva to Frankfurt Airportbus N122
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Airport to Jena bus stationbus 220 / ...
13h 55m€52–130Train
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
10h 33m€120–287Drive 803 km
- Drive from Geneva to Jenacar 803 km
8h 8m€140–201Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
5h 7m€140–341Fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane GVA - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
5h 33m€113–358Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane GVA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
5h€84–290Bus, train
- Take the bus from Geneva to Freiburgbus 122
- Take the train from Freiburg to Erfurt Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
11h 14m€62–187Train via Stuttgart
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Oerlikontrain Ic1
- Take the train from Zürich Oerlikon to Schaffhausentrain S9 / ...
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhoftrain 87
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradiestrain 61
13h 7m€100–258
Geneva to Jena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Jena is to bus which costs €50 - €130 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Jena is to fly and train which takes 5h and costs €80 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Geneva to Jena station. However, there are services departing from Geneva and arriving at Jena bus station via Frankfurt Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Geneva to Jena. However, there are services departing from Genève and arriving at Jena West via Bern, Basel SBB, Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 33m.
The distance between Geneva and Jena is 832 km. The road distance is 803 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Jena without a car is to train which takes 10h 33m and costs €120 - €290.
It takes approximately 5h 14m to get from Geneva to Jena, including transfers.
Geneva to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Geneva station.
Geneva to Jena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Genève station.
The best way to get from Geneva to Jena is to train which takes 10h 33m and costs €120 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €130 and takes 13h 55m.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Jena, Germany?
You can take a train from Genève to Jena West via Bern, Basel SBB, Frankfurt, and Erfurt Hbf in around 10h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geneva to Jena bus station via Frankfurt Airport in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Zürich Oerlikon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Oerlikon to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Freiburg to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Freiburg to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Oerlikon to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Frankfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt Airport to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Geneva to Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Geneva to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt Airport station.
Geneva to Jena train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Bern station.
Yes, the driving distance between Geneva to Jena is 803 km. It takes approximately 8h 8m to drive from Geneva to Jena.
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