There are 8 ways to get from Linz to Geneva by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane VIE - GVA
5h 15mCHF 87–227Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Wels to Munich central bus stationbus 951
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Genevabus FlixBus N106 / ...
15h 11mCHF 48–96Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
10h 8mCHF 160–370Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Lindau-Reutintrain 970
- Take the bus from Lindau to Genevabus FlixBus N106 / ...
13h 25mCHF 110–182Drive 801.3 km
- Drive from Linz to Genevacar 801.3 km
8h 22mCHF 129–186Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SZG - GVA
6h 37mCHF 85–278Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MUC - GVA
6h 51mCHF 115–306Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PRG - GVA
7h 57mCHF 86–257
Linz to Geneva by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Geneva is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 100 and takes 15h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Geneva is to train and fly which takes 5h 15m and costs SFr 85 - SFr 230.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hauptbahnhof B3 and arriving at Geneva via Wels and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Genève via Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 8m.
The distance between Linz and Geneva is 1020 km. The road distance is 801.3 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Geneva without a car is to train which takes 10h 8m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 370.
It takes approximately 5h 15m to get from Linz to Geneva, including transfers.
Linz to Geneva bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Wels station.
Linz to Geneva train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Geneva is to train which takes 10h 8m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 100 and takes 15h 11m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Linz Hbf to Genève via Zuerich Hb and Zürich HB in around 10h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz/Donau Hauptbahnhof B3 to Geneva via Wels Hans-Sachs-Straße 85, Wels, and Munich central bus station in around 15h 11m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–750
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–410
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–350
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–300
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 30–45
Train from Linz Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 75–110
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 20–35
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 35–55
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 40–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–85
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- 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 FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lindau to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Wels to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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