There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Leiden by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain 78
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Leiden Centraaltrain
8h 48mDrive 629.5 km
cheapest- Drive from Leipzig to Leidencar 629.5 km
6h 21m€111–160Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airportbus N67 / ...
9h 28mFly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LEJ - AMS
6h 6m€140–460Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Leiden Centraaltrain
9h 25mTrain via Kassel
- Take the train from Roeblingen Am See to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Leiden Centraaltrain
10h 42mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BER - AMS
5h 17mTrain to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NUE - AMS
6h 12mTrain to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HAJ - AMS
6h 48mTrain to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane PRG - AMS
8h 7m
Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Leiden is to drive which costs €110 - €160 and takes 6h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Leiden is to fly which takes 6h 6m and costs €140 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Leiden. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Leiden, Groenoord via Schiphol, Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Leiden. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Leiden Centraal via Frankfurt and Arnhem Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 48m.
The distance between Leipzig and Leiden is 841 km. The road distance is 629.5 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Leiden without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Leipzig to Leiden, including transfers.
Leipzig to Leiden bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Leiden train services, operated by DB Fernverkehr AG, depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Leiden is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 48m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 28m, you could also fly, which costs €140 - €460 and takes 6h 6m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Leiden, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Leiden Centraal via Frankfurt and Arnhem Centraal in around 8h 48m. Alternatively, FlixBus-eu operates a bus from Leipzig central train station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport twice daily, and the journey takes 8h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–410
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–490
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–130
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Leiden Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Leiden Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurobahn.de
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Hengelo to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Roeblingen Am See to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Leiden bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport station.
Leipzig to Leiden train services, operated by DB Fernverkehr AG, arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Leiden is 630 km. It takes approximately 6h 21m to drive from Leipzig to Leiden.
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