There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam by train (Eurostar), bus, car, plane, train, 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
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
8h 55m€184–368Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Rotterdam Central Stationbus 023
11h€55–85Drive 642.9 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Rotterdamcar 642.9 km
6h 10m€119–171Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LEJ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 25m€172–459Train via Hagen
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaaktrain
11h 20m€137–265Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Sangerhausenbus Re9 / ...
- Take the bus from Sangerhausen to Leinefeldebus Re8 / ...
- Take the train from Leinefelde to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Re8 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Utrecht Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
12h 28m€72–185Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BER - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 44m€137–401Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NUE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 20m€198–482Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane HAJ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 5m€199–463Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BER - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 1m€133–366
Leipzig to Rotterdam by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam is to bus which costs €55 - €85 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam is to train and fly which takes 5h 44m and costs €130 - €410.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Leipzig central train station station and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 55m.
The distance between Leipzig and Rotterdam is 908 km. The road distance is 642.9 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam without a car is to train which takes 8h 55m and costs €180 - €370.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Leipzig to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Rotterdam is to train which takes 8h 55m and costs €180 - €370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €85 and takes 11h.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Rotterdam Centraal via Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 8h 55m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Leipzig central train station to Rotterdam Central Station once daily. Tickets cost €55–85 and the journey takes 11h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €180–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–320
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Hagen Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Leinefelde to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Leinefelde to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–97
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–97
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €29–35
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Bus from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Sangerhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Bus from Sangerhausen to Leinefelde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
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Booking & Getting There
Leipzig to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rotterdam Central Station.
Leipzig to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Rotterdam is 643 km. It takes approximately 6h 10m to drive from Leipzig to Rotterdam.
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