There are 13 ways to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or night train
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
12h 51m€209–491Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N780
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
22h 30m€64–183Drive 1,370.8 km
- Drive from Leipzig to La Rochellecar 1,370.8 km
13h 14m€211–305Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LEJ - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 26m€164–397Train
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Poitierstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Villetrain Ter
14h 27m€168–438Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Angers Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Angers to La Rochellebus
24h 40m€94–340Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane LEJ - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
10h 4m€165–377Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BER - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
9h 22m€100–366Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane DRS - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 32m€196–464Train to Frankfurt, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane FRA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
10h 27m€151–417Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PRG - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 54m€106–352Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BER - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 28m€118–414Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane BER - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Villetrain
10h 19m€104–415
Leipzig to La Rochelle by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €60 - €190 and takes 22h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 9h 22m and costs €100 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to La Rochelle station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at La Rochelle - Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 51m.
The distance between Leipzig and La Rochelle is 1497 km. The road distance is 1370.8 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle without a car is to train via Paris which takes 12h 51m and costs €200 - €500.
It takes approximately 12h 51m to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Leipzig to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to La Rochelle is to train via Paris which takes 12h 51m and costs €200 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €190 and takes 22h 30m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to La Rochelle Ville via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 12h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 22h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- 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 Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- 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
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- 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 Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Poitiers
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–262
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–262
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–17
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Angers to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Angers Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to La Rochelle bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Leipzig to La Rochelle train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to La Rochelle is 1371 km. It takes approximately 13h 14m to drive from Leipzig to La Rochelle.
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