There are 11 ways to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig by train (TGV), bus, car, train, plane, or night 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 via Paris
best- Take the train from La Rochelle Ville to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
11h 27m€143–410Bus
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 Leipzig central train stationbus N780
22h 5m€63–190Drive 1,368.9 km
- Drive from La Rochelle to Leipzigcar 1,368.9 km
13h 16m€211–305Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane NTE - LEJ
9h 25m€164–368Train
- 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 Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
12h 54m€198–387Bus, night train
- Take the bus from La Rochelle to Angersbus
- Take the bus from Angers Bus Station to Mannheim Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the night train from Mannheim Hbf to Leipzig Hbfnighttrain En
26h 17m€95–347Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Bordeaux Saint-Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane BOD - LEJ
10h 41m€166–376Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane NTE - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 49m€98–340Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane NTE - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
9h 48m€196–437Train 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 Leipzig Hbftrain
10h 12m€150–382Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from La Rochelle to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane NTE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
12h 2m€132–331
La Rochelle to Leipzig by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig is to bus which costs €60 - €190 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig is to train and fly which takes 8h 49m and costs €95 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from La Rochelle station to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle - Bus Station and arriving at Leipzig central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from La Rochelle to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from La Rochelle Ville and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 27m.
The distance between La Rochelle and Leipzig is 1493 km. The road distance is 1368.9 km.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig without a car is to train via Paris which takes 11h 27m and costs €140 - €410.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig, including transfers.
La Rochelle to Leipzig bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from La Rochelle - Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Leipzig train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from La Rochelle Ville station.
The best way to get from La Rochelle to Leipzig is to train via Paris which takes 11h 27m and costs €140 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €190 and takes 22h 5m.
What companies run services between La Rochelle, France and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a train from La Rochelle Ville to Leipzig Hbf via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, and Erfurt Hbf in around 11h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from La Rochelle - Bus Station to Leipzig central train station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 22h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
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 Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- 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 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 Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Night train from Mannheim Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Mannheim Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–262
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–262
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- 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 Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- 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 Leipzig bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
La Rochelle to Leipzig train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between La Rochelle to Leipzig is 1369 km. It takes approximately 13h 16m to drive from La Rochelle to Leipzig.
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