There are 13 ways to get from Magdeburg to Bern by train, bus, night train, car, plane, or car 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 via Braunschweig
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 56 / ...
- Take the train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
9h 17mCHF 78–211Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus 335
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bernbus 122 / ...
14h 10mCHF 46–102Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Karlsruhebus
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
14h 6mCHF 68–324Drive 772.8 km
- Drive from Magdeburg to Berncar 772.8 km
8hCHF 124–180Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Basel (BSL)plane LEJ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
9h 7mCHF 144–373Train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
10h 9mCHF 89–184Drive, car train
- Drive from Magdeburg to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Berncar
7h 48mCHF 186–250Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 59mCHF 142–346Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbftrain
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BER - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 55mCHF 92–234Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbftrain
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Basel (BSL)plane BER - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 23mCHF 89–249Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 34mCHF 114–318Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
8h 26mCHF 184–426Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbftrain
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BER - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
9h 40mCHF 92–284
Magdeburg to Bern by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 110 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Bern is to train and fly which takes 6h 59m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg central bus station and arriving at Bern via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Bern. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Bern via Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 17m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Bern is 870 km. The road distance is 772.8 km.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Bern without a car is to train via Braunschweig which takes 9h 17m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 220.
It takes approximately 9h 17m to get from Magdeburg to Bern, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Magdeburg central bus station.
Magdeburg to Bern train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Bern is to train via Braunschweig which takes 9h 17m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 110 and takes 14h 10m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Bern via Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof and Basel SBB in around 9h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Bern via Frankfurt central train station in around 14h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–242
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 238–242
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 110–140
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 28–35
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–100
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Potsdam Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–26
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–30
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Magdeburg to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Magdeburg to Bern train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Magdeburg to Bern is 773 km. It takes approximately 8h to drive from Magdeburg to Bern.
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