There are 11 ways to get from La Rochelle to Kassel 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 Est to Mannheim Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
10h 15m€115–538Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kasselbus N1335
19h 25m€63–180Drive 1,156.9 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Kasselcar 1,156.9 km
11h 25m€179–258Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NTE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
8h 24m€136–360Train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Poitierstrain Ter
- Take the train from Poitiers to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Hauptbahnhoftrain
12h 19m€198–347Bus, train
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Angersbus
- Take the bus from Angers Bus Station to Mannheim Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Hauptbahnhoftrain
25h€96–151Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane NTE - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
9h 54m€162–370Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BOD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
9h 30m€138–348Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NTE - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
11h 56m€164–438Fly La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
9h 47m€188–505Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CDG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
11h 24m€199–563
La Rochelle to Kassel by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Kassel is to bus which costs €60 - €180 and takes 19h 25m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Kassel is to train and fly which takes 8h 24m and costs €130 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Kassel. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Kassel via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from La Rochelle to Kassel. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle Ville and arriving at Kassel Hauptbahnhof via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 15m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Kassel is 1248 km. The road distance is 1156.9 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Kassel without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 15m and costs €110 - €550.
It takes approximately 10h 15m to get from La Rochelle to Kassel, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Kassel bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from La Rochelle - Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Kassel train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from La Rochelle Ville station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Kassel is to train via Paris which takes 10h 15m and costs €110 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €180 and takes 19h 25m.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Kassel, Germany?
You can take a train from La Rochelle Ville to Kassel Hauptbahnhof via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, Mannheim Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 10h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Kassel via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 19h 25m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from La Rochelle Ville to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €150–200
- 1st Class
- €190–250
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 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- Rail 1st Class
- €120–170
Train from La Rochelle to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- 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 Ville to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- Rail 1st Class
- €35–55
Train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from La Rochelle to Angers
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Angers Bus Station to Mannheim Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
La Rochelle to Kassel bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Kassel train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Poitiers station.
Yes, the driving distance between La Rochelle to Kassel is 1157 km. It takes approximately 11h 25m to drive from La Rochelle to Kassel.
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