There are 10 ways to get from Karlstad to Geneva by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, night train, or car train
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Train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly
best- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrømtrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane OSL - GVA
7h 41mCHF 112–272Train, train to Linköping City Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Katrineholm Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Katrineholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Linköping City Airport (LPI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LPI - GVA
11h 16mCHF 100–401Train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
25h 10mCHF 463–1,243Bus
- Take the bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Norrköping to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Stationbus
36h 15mCHF 169–295Drive 2,062.5 km
- Drive from Karlstad to Genevacar 2,062.5 km
19h 39mCHF 327–472Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GOT - GVA
7h 19mCHF 107–246Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ARN - GVA
7h 57mCHF 148–293Train, night train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
25h 30mCHF 333–783Bus via Kunowice
- Take the bus from Karlstad busstation to Säffle tågstationbus 800
- Take the bus from Säffle tågstation to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminalbus 41
- Take the bus from Göteborg to Słubicebus
- Take the bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to GENEVE, Gare Routiere Place Dorcierebus
42h 46mCHF 179–406Drive, car train
- Drive from Karlstad to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Genevacar
23h 22mCHF 275–386
Karlstad to Geneva by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Geneva is to train and fly which costs SFr 100 - SFr 250 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Geneva is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlstad station to Geneva station. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan and arriving at Geneva Bus Station via Norrköping, Hamburg central bus station and Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlstad station to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Centralstation and arriving at Genève via Göteborg Centralstation, Hamburg Hbf, Basel SBB and Renens VD. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 10m.
The distance between Karlstad and Geneva is 1834 km. The road distance is 2062.5 km.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Geneva without a car is to train which takes 25h 10m and costs SFr 460 - SFr 1300.
It takes approximately 7h 41m to get from Karlstad to Geneva, including transfers.
Karlstad to Geneva bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan.
Karlstad to Geneva train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Karlstad Centralstation.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Geneva is to train which takes 25h 10m and costs SFr 460 - SFr 1300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 160 - SFr 300 and takes 36h 15m.
What companies run services between Karlstad, Sweden and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Karlstad Centralstation to Genève via Göteborg Centralstation, Hamburg Hbf, Basel SBB, and Renens VD in around 25h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Geneva Bus Station via Norrköping Bus Station, Norrköping, Hamburg central bus station, and Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai in around 36h 15m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–220
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–190
Flights from Linköping City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Linköping City Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–180
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–210
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@vy.se
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Lillestrøm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Katrineholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–40
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Katrineholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Night train from Goteborg C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Katrineholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 7–11
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Katrineholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–40
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- vrresa.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Katrineholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- https://vrresa.se/en
- Phone
- 0771-22 44 40
- malartagkundservice@regionsormland.se
- Website
- malartag.se
Train from Katrineholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- https://malartag.se/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Norrköping to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Geneva Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 0771 – 32 32 00
- Website
- varmlandstrafik.se
Bus from Karlstad busstation to Säffle tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–17
- Website
- https://www.varmlandstrafik.se/
- Phone
- +46 77 141 43 00
- Website
- vasttrafik.se
Bus from Säffle tågstation to Göteborg Nils Ericsonterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–50
- Website
- https://www.vasttrafik.se/en/
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from Göteborg to Słubice
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Bus from SŁUBICE, Port Świecko, Świecko 39 to GENEVE, Gare Routiere Place Dorciere
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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Karlstad to Geneva bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Norrköping Bus Station.
Karlstad to Geneva train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Göteborg Centralstation.
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