There are 11 ways to get from Genk to Bern by train (Eurostar), bus, car, train, or plane
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 Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbftrain Re9 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
9h 14mCHF 93–330Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Liège Guillemins to Bernbus FlixBus N839
12h 30mCHF 39–72Drive 601.2 km
- Drive from Genk to Berncar 601.2 km
6h 25mCHF 96–138Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 9mCHF 127–330Train via Paris
- Take the train from Genk to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
9h 40mCHF 165–472Train, bus
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourgtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Baselbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
12h 46mCHF 85–199Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRU - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
7h 33mCHF 107–320Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Genk to Landentrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Pfaffenthal-Kirchbergtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LUX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 52mCHF 161–444Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 31mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Diest to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)plane AMS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 42mCHF 136–412Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Genk to Landentrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 18mCHF 131–390
Genk to Bern by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genk to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 35 - SFr 75 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Genk to Bern is to train and fly which takes 6h 9m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Genk to Bern. However, there are services departing from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 and arriving at Bern via Maastricht and Liège Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Genk to Bern. However, there are services departing from Genk and arriving at Bern via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Paris l'Est, Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 40m.
The distance between Genk and Bern is 735 km. The road distance is 601.2 km.
The best way to get from Genk to Bern without a car is to train which takes 9h 14m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 9h 14m to get from Genk to Bern, including transfers.
Genk to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Liège Guillemins station.
Genk to Bern train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Genk station.
The best way to get from Genk to Bern is to train which takes 9h 14m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 35 - SFr 75 and takes 12h 30m.
What companies run services between Genk, Belgium and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Genk Shopping Center perron 4 to Bern via Maastricht Station perron D, Maastricht, Aachen, Hbf, Köln Hbf, and Basel SBB in around 9h 14m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Liège Guillemins to Bern 5 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 35–65 and the journey takes 8h 55m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–130
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–430
Flights from Luxembourg to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–330
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Genk to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Genk to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Genk to Landen
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Diest to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–11
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Herzogenrath to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Liège Guillemins to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Genk to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bern station.
Genk to Bern train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
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