There are 8 ways to get from Leipzig to Rust by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
7h 3m€120–513Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburgnighttrain Nj
7h 19m€42–227Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Frankfurt Airportbus 220 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Airport to Rustbus FlixBus 007
9h 50m€48–79Drive 589.8 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Rustcar 589.8 km
5h 39m€84–122Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
7h 49m€121–535Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LEJ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain
6h 7m€128–360Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)plane LEJ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 9m€147–382Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BER - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain
7h 47m€126–525
Leipzig to Rust by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Rust is to bus which costs €45 - €80 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Rust is to drive which takes 5h 39m and costs €80 - €130.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Rust. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Rust via Frankfurt Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Rust. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Orschweier Bahnhof via Offenburg Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 3m.
The distance between Leipzig and Rust is 661 km. The road distance is 589.8 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Rust without a car is to train which takes 7h 3m and costs €120 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Leipzig to Rust, including transfers.
Leipzig to Rust bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Rust train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Rust is to train which takes 7h 3m and costs €120 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €80 and takes 9h 50m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Rust, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof every 4 hours. Tickets cost €110–500 and the journey takes 5h 41m. Two other operators also service this route. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Rust via Frankfurt Airport in around 9h 50m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Frankfurt to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Offenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €19–27
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
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 Frankfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt Airport to Rust
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Rust bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt Airport station.
Leipzig to Rust train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Offenburg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Rust is 590 km. It takes approximately 5h 39m to drive from Leipzig to Rust.
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