There are 11 ways to get from Madrid to Forbach by plane, bus, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), train, or car
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Fly to Luxembourg, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane MAD - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpo to Merzig, Bahnhofbus
8h 10m€65–251Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Forbachtrain Tgv
13h 47m€346–667Bus, train
- Take the bus from Madrid - Barajas Airport T4 to Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherinebus
- Take the train from Nancy to Metz Villetrain Ter
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
25h 28m€141–287Drive 1,583.5 km
- Drive from Madrid to Forbachcar 1,583.5 km
16h 1m€249–359Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane MAD - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Forbach(F)train
7h 37m€110–301Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
8h 29m€116–361Fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane MAD - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Est to Forbachtrain
7h 37m€150–419Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Basel (BSL)plane MAD - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Forbach(F)train
9h 40m€117–436Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Forbach(F)train
10h 47m€164–483Fly to Saarbrücken Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Saarbrücken Airport (SCN)plane MAD - SCN
8h 30m€112–396Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Valladolidbus ALSA - Mad-Cl-Ast / ...
- Take the bus from Valladolid to Saarbrücken bus stationbus FlixBus N1151
27h 51m€126–226
Madrid to Forbach by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Forbach is to fly and bus which costs €65 - €260 and takes 8h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Forbach is to fly and train which takes 7h 37m and costs €150 - €420.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Forbach. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Forbach via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 47m.
The distance between Madrid and Forbach is 1389 km. The road distance is 1583.5 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Forbach without a car is to train which takes 13h 47m and costs €340 - €700.
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Madrid to Forbach, including transfers.
Madrid to Forbach train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Forbach is to train which takes 13h 47m and costs €340 - €700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €110 - €400 and takes 8h 30m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €230 and takes 27h 51m.
Madrid to Forbach train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Forbach is 1584 km. It takes approximately 16h 1m to drive from Madrid to Forbach.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Forbach, France?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Forbach via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare Du Nord, and Paris Est in around 13h 47m. Alternatively, Iberia, Eurowings, and three other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) twice daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Saarbrücken Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Saarbrücken Airport via Ibiza, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Saarbrücken Airport via Barcelona, Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Saarbrücken Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Saarbrücken Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Luxembourg via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Forbach(F)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Forbach(F)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 Nancy to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpo to Merzig, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Madrid - Barajas Airport T4 to Nancy - Quai Sainte-Catherine
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Valladolid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Valladolid to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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