There are 11 ways to get from Melle to Saintes by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, train (Eurostar), or rideshare
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Angoulemetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Angouleme to Saintestrain Ter
13h 15m€172–442Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Melle to Saintes1,144.4 km
13h 37m€4Train, bus
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Saintesbus
15h 22m€158–358Drive 1,142.5 km
- Drive from Melle to Saintescar 1,142.5 km
10h 58m€174–252Train to Bremen Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BRE - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
10h 58m€141–267Train
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain Tha
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Nantestrain
- Take the train from Nantes to Saintestrain
15h 30m€238–571Bus
- Take the bus from Osnabrück central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N1387
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Saintesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
20h 9m€78–131Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane DUS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
11h 54m€125–315Train to Hannover Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Buende(Westf) to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane HAJ - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
11h 44m€138–406Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane FRA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
11h 6m€158–377Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Melle to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane AMS - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintestrain
13h 25m€151–397
Melle to Saintes by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melle to Saintes is to rideshare which costs €4 and takes 13h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Melle to Saintes is to train and fly which takes 10h 58m and costs €140 - €270.
No, there is no direct train from Melle to Saintes. However, there are services departing from Melle and arriving at Saintes via Osnabrück Hbf, Dortmund Hbf, Gare du Nord, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 and Angouleme. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 15m.
The distance between Melle and Saintes is 1283 km. The road distance is 1142.5 km.
The best way to get from Melle to Saintes without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 15m and costs €170 - €450.
It takes approximately 13h 15m to get from Melle to Saintes, including transfers.
Melle to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Osnabrück Hbf station.
The best way to get from Melle to Saintes is to train via Paris which takes 13h 15m and costs €170 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €140 and takes 20h 9m.
Melle to Saintes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Dortmund Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Melle to Saintes is 1142 km. It takes approximately 10h 58m to drive from Melle to Saintes.
What companies run services between Melle, Germany and Saintes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France?
You can take a train from Melle to Saintes via Osnabrück Hbf, Dortmund Hbf, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, and Angouleme in around 13h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Melle to Saintes via Osnabrück Hbf, Osnabrück central train station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 20h 9m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Buende(Westf) to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Angouleme
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Angouleme
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Angouleme to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €13–19
- Rail 1st Class
- €20–28
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €120–190
- Rail 1st Class
- €190–280
Train from Nantes to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Buende(Westf) to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–24
- 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Hengelo to Den Haag Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €60–100
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Melle to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Osnabrück central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Melle to Saintes
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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