There are 10 ways to get from Lienz to Geneva by bus, train, car, plane, train (Trenitalia), or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
11h 47mCHF 178–272Train, bus to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lienz to San Candidotrain
- Take the bus from San Candido to Venicebus
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane VCE - GVA
8h 21mCHF 74–253Bus
- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus 960X
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to Genevabus FlixBus N882 / ...
12h 36mCHF 89–134Drive 729.4 km
- Drive from Lienz to Genevacar 729.4 km
7h 48mCHF 122–176Train
- Take the train from Lienz to Fortezzatrain 400
- Take the train from Fortezza/Franzensfes to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Re
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genevetrain Ec
13h 10mCHF 146–290Train, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Lienz to Brunecktrain 400
- Take a shuttle bus from Bruneck to Malpensa Airport - Milan
- Take the bus from Milan to Genevabus
13h 41mCHF 198–290Bus, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ZRH - GVA
9h 54mCHF 188–452Train, train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SZG - GVA
9h 19mCHF 159–430Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MUC - GVA
9h 39mCHF 157–392Train, bus to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Lienz to San Candidotrain
- Take the bus from San Candido to Venicebus
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane VCE - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
11h 58mCHF 100–303
Lienz to Geneva by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lienz to Geneva is to bus which costs SFr 85 - SFr 140 and takes 12h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Lienz to Geneva is to drive which takes 7h 48m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 180.
No, there is no direct bus from Lienz to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Lienz Bahnhof and arriving at Geneva via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Innsbruck Südbahnstraße. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Lienz to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Lienz and arriving at Geneve via Fortezza/Franzensfes, Verona Porta Nuova and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
The distance between Lienz and Geneva is 762 km. The road distance is 729.4 km.
The best way to get from Lienz to Geneva without a car is to bus and train which takes 11h 47m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 11h 47m to get from Lienz to Geneva, including transfers.
Lienz to Geneva bus services, operated by Ötztaler Verkehrsgesellschaft, depart from Lienz Bahnhof station.
Lienz to Geneva train services, operated by Sudtirol Alto Adige, depart from Lienz station.
The best way to get from Lienz to Geneva is to bus which takes 12h 36m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 140 - SFr 290 and takes 13h 10m.
What companies run services between Lienz, Tyrol, Austria and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Geneva via Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Innsbruck Kaiserschützenplatz, and Innsbruck Südbahnstraße in around 12h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lienz to Geneve via Fortezza, Fortezza/Franzensfes, Verona Porta Nuova, and Milano Centrale in around 13h 10m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–340
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–480
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–350
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–120
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–420
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 40–65
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Flughafen
- *
- CHF 40–65
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- *
- CHF 14–22
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- CHF 23–35
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- *
- CHF 14–22
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Ost
- *
- CHF 40–60
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Zürich HB to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 0471 220 880
- contact@suedtirolmobil.info
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
Train from Lienz to San Candido
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 15–21
Train from Lienz to Fortezza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 35–50
Train from Lienz to Bruneck
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–35
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 26–35
Train from Lienz to San Candido
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- CHF 15–21
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Fortezza/Franzensfes to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Fortezza/Franzensfes to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 50–75
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 85–120
- 2nd Class
- CHF 70–100
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–21
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Lienz In Osttirol to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–21
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–85
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 70–85
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 45–55
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 17–21
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5254 3550
- info@oetztaler.at
- Website
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
Bus from Lienz Bahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- oetztaler.at
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Innsbruck Südbahnstraße to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Candido to Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Candido to Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–22
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Bruneck to Malpensa Airport - Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–220
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Lienz to Geneva bus services, operated by Ötztaler Verkehrsgesellschaft, arrive at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof station.
Lienz to Geneva train services, operated by Sudtirol Alto Adige, arrive at Fortezza station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lienz to Geneva is 729 km. It takes approximately 7h 48m to drive from Lienz to Geneva.
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