There are 10 ways to get from Hanover to Leuven by train (Eurostar), bus, car, plane, or train
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 Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain Ice
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
4h 55m€45–195Bus
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus Dnipro
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train stationbus 081 / ...
7h 55m€78–121Drive 447 km
- Drive from Hanover to Leuvencar 447 km
4h 6m€69–99Fly Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HAJ - BRU
6h 15m€122–287Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain Tha
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
5h 53m€55–250Bus via Aachen
- Take the bus from Hanover ZOB to AACHEN, Wilmersdorfer Strassebus
- Take the bus from Aachen - Henricistraße to Leuvenbus BlaBlaCar Bus
12h 15mTrain to Bremen Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BRE - BRU
7h 6m€147–437Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane HAM - BRU
5h 26m€92–297Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BRE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvaintrain
5h 50m€151–532Fly Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HAJ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvaintrain
5h 58m€178–453
Hanover to Leuven by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Leuven is to drive which costs €65 - €100 and takes 4h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Leuven is to drive which takes 4h 6m and costs €65 - €100.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover to Leuven station. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Leuven Station perron 1 via Essen central train station and Brussel Noord opstaphalte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Louvain via Koeln Hbf and Liège-Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 55m.
The distance between Hanover and Leuven is 483 km. The road distance is 447 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Leuven without a car is to train which takes 4h 55m and costs €45 - €200.
It takes approximately 4h 55m to get from Hanover to Leuven, including transfers.
Hanover to Leuven bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Hannover Hbf station.
Hanover to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Leuven is to train which takes 4h 55m and costs €45 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €130 and takes 7h 55m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €290 and takes 6h 15m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Leuven, Belgium?
You can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Louvain via Koeln Hbf and Liège-Guillemins in around 4h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hannover Hbf to Leuven Station perron 1 via Essen Hbf, Essen central train station, Brussels-North train station, and Brussel Noord opstaphalte in around 7h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Bremen Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Bremen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Bremen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Bremen Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €45–70
- Comfort
- €55–75
- Premium
- €75–100
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €18–26
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–18
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–15
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €11–13
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Hanover ZOB to AACHEN, Wilmersdorfer Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Aachen - Henricistraße to Leuven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Leuven bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Essen Hbf station.
Hanover to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Leuven is 447 km. It takes approximately 4h 6m to drive from Hanover to Leuven.
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