There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Nantes by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, train, or night train
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Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LEJ - NTE
6h 42m€129–412Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N780
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nantesbus 1614 / ...
20h 15m€55–106Train via Paris
- 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 Hall 1 - 2 to Nantestrain
11h 32m€156–413Drive 1,319.4 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Nantescar 1,319.4 km
11h 44m€201–290Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BER - NTE
6h 38m€98–279Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane DRS - NTE
7h 48m€196–439Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane NUE - NTE
8h 32m€105–304Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane FRA - NTE
7h 43m€142–358Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PRG - NTE
9h 5mTrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Nantestrain Tgv
13h 2m€179–413Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Nantes Le Cardobus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3641 / ...
21h 50m€82–319
Leipzig to Nantes by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Nantes is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 20h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Nantes is to train and fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €95 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Nantes via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Nantes via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 32m.
The distance between Leipzig and Nantes is 1136 km. The road distance is 1319.4 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Nantes without a car is to train via Paris which takes 11h 32m and costs €150 - €420.
It takes approximately 6h 42m to get from Leipzig to Nantes, including transfers.
Leipzig to Nantes bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Nantes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Nantes is to fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €120 - €420. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €150 - €420 and takes 11h 32m, you could also bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 20h 15m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Nantes, France?
Lufthansa flies from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Nantes via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 in around 11h 32m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- 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
- €50–130
- 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 Hall 1 - 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- 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 Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- 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 Hall 1 - 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- 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
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Nantes Le Cardo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Nantes bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Leipzig to Nantes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Nantes is 1319 km. It takes approximately 11h 44m to drive from Leipzig to Nantes.
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