There are 11 ways to get from Locarno to Leipzig by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Locarno to Aarautrain Ic
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain Ic
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
10h 52m€145–326Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the bus from Chur station train station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N76
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Leipzig central train stationbus N86 / ...
15h 18m€54–109Train, night train
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Leipzig Hbfnighttrain Nj
13h 13m€99–360Drive 764.3 km
- Drive from Locarno to Leipzigcar 764.3 km
7h 42m€133–192Train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain Ir46
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Leipzig Hbftrain Ec
13h 11m€281–505Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane MXP - LEJ
8h 41m€112–312Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane LIN - LEJ
8h 28m€166–304Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane MXP - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 15m€66–324Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Locarno to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LIN - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 27m€60–296Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 42m€100–309Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BGY - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 44m€92–374
Locarno to Leipzig by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Leipzig is to bus which costs €50 - €110 and takes 15h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Leipzig is to drive which takes 7h 42m and costs €130 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Locarno to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from Locarno, Debarcadero and arriving at Leipzig central train station via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur station train station and Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Aarau, Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 52m.
The distance between Locarno and Leipzig is 945 km. The road distance is 764.3 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Leipzig without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 52m and costs €140 - €330.
It takes approximately 10h 52m to get from Locarno to Leipzig, including transfers.
Locarno to Leipzig bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, depart from Bellinzona, Stazione station.
Locarno to Leipzig train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Locarno station.
The best way to get from Locarno to Leipzig is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 52m and costs €140 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €110 and takes 15h 18m.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a train from Locarno to Leipzig Hbf via Aarau, Basel SBB, and Frankfurt in around 10h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Locarno, Debarcadero to Leipzig central train station via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur, Postautostation, Chur station train station, and Nuremberg central bus station in around 15h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–430
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–24
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–170
- Seating Carriage
- €60–80
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chur station train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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More Questions & Answers
Locarno to Leipzig bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, arrive at Chur, Postautostation.
Locarno to Leipzig train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Aarau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Leipzig is 764 km. It takes approximately 7h 42m to drive from Locarno to Leipzig.
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