There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Saintes by train (TGV), night train, bus, car, plane, or 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 Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Angoulemetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Angouleme to Saintestrain Ter
14h 13m€282–544Night train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Suednighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau Vilmorin Bus to Saintesbus
21h 14m€94–265Drive 1,373.7 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Saintescar 1,373.7 km
13h 5m€213–308Fly 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 Saintestrain
9h 11m€142–374Bus
- 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 Saintesbus N1703
22h 5m€94–165Fly 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 Saintestrain
10h 3m€160–554Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BER - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
9h 27m€121–341Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane DRS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
10h 42m€201–547Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane FRA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
10h 32m€187–485Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane PRG - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Saintestrain
12h 33m€156–400Train 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 Saintestrain
11h 13m€205–535
Leipzig to Saintes by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Saintes is to bus which costs €90 - €170 and takes 22h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Saintes is to fly and train which takes 9h 11m and costs €140 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Saintes. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Saintes via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Saintes. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Saintes via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg and Angouleme. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 13m.
The distance between Leipzig and Saintes is 1583 km. The road distance is 1373.7 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Saintes without a car is to train which takes 14h 13m and costs €280 - €550.
It takes approximately 14h 13m to get from Leipzig to Saintes, including transfers.
Leipzig to Saintes bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Saintes is to train which takes 14h 13m and costs €280 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €170 and takes 22h 5m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Saintes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Saintes via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Angouleme in around 14h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Saintes via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 22h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–800
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–900
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–1,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Dresden Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–650
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- 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
- €50–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- 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
- €23–45
- 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
- €23–45
- 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 Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Angouleme
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Angouleme to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- 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 Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €94–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €28–33
Night train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau Vilmorin Bus to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Saintes bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Leipzig to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Saintes is 1374 km. It takes approximately 13h 5m to drive from Leipzig to Saintes.
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