There are 12 ways to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain Ice
10h 1mCHF 186–460Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane BOD - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Spieztrain
11h 32mCHF 79–335Bus
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bernbus
- Take the bus from Bern, Bahnhof to Interlaken, Rugenparkstrassebus Ev3
18h 4mCHF 97–186Drive 822.6 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Interlakencar 822.6 km
10h 16mCHF 131–189Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BOD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 57mCHF 165–479Train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Interlaken Westtrain Ice
10h 27mCHF 214–481Bus, train
- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Annecy - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Annecy to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Fribourg/Freiburgtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thuntrain S1
19h 9mCHF 133–286Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NTE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 57mCHF 136–454Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BOD - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
10h 55mCHF 135–419Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NTE - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Spieztrain
10h 44mCHF 91–340Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane NTE - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
12h 10mCHF 174–473Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LRH - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Interlaken Westtrain
9h 58mCHF 159–554
La Rochelle to Interlaken by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken is to bus which costs SFr 95 - SFr 190 and takes 18h 4m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken is to train and fly which takes 9h 57m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 460.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle and arriving at Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse via Lyon, Bern, Neufeld P+R and Bern, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from La Rochelle to Interlaken. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle Ville and arriving at Interlaken West via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Bercy, Paris Gare De Lyon and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Interlaken is 1146 km. The road distance is 822.6 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 1m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 460.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Rochelle station.
La Rochelle to Interlaken train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from La Rochelle Ville station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Interlaken is to train via Paris which takes 10h 1m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 95 - SFr 190 and takes 18h 4m.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Interlaken, Switzerland?
You can take a train from La Rochelle Ville to Interlaken West via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Bercy, Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 10h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle to Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse via Lyon, Bern, Bern, Neufeld P+R, and Bern, Bahnhof in around 18h 4m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–170
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–130
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–270
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–260
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–360
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- 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 21–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Annecy to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–23
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- 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 Bern to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Fribourg/Freiburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- 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 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Interlaken West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–16
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Thun
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brig to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–13
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–15
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from La Rochelle to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Annecy - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Bus from Bern, Bahnhof to Interlaken, Rugenparkstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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More Questions & Answers
La Rochelle to Interlaken bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
La Rochelle to Interlaken train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between La Rochelle to Interlaken is 823 km. It takes approximately 10h 16m to drive from La Rochelle to Interlaken.
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