There are 11 ways to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle by train (Trenitalia, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Lagny-sur-Marne
best- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGVtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
9h 55m€183–492Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Yverdon-les-Bains to Geneve, Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Geneva to Annecybus 739 / ...
- Take the bus from Annecy - Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Stationbus
18h 23m€63–128Train, bus
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the bus from Lausanne to Lyonbus 122 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon to La Rochellebus
16h 30m€92–133Drive 712.9 km
- Drive from Neuchâtel to La Rochellecar 712.9 km
9h 18m€122–176Train to Basel, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BSL - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 53m€101–300Train
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Villetrain Tgv
11h 6m€178–347Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane GVA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
8h 37m€89–263Train to Basel, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane BSL - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 44m€82–295Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane GVA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelletrain
9h 17m€85–248Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport (LRH)plane LYS - LRH
8h 41m€121–430Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LYS - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to La Rochelletrain
11h 35m€128–332
Neuchâtel to La Rochelle by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle is to bus which costs €60 - €130 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle is to train and fly which takes 8h 37m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct train from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle. However, there are services departing from Neuchâtel and arriving at La Rochelle Ville via Renens VD, Genève and Marne La Vallee Chessy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 55m.
The distance between Neuchâtel and La Rochelle is 1118 km. The road distance is 712.9 km.
The best way to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle without a car is to train via Lagny-sur-Marne which takes 9h 55m and costs €180 - €500.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle, including transfers.
Neuchâtel to La Rochelle train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Neuchâtel station.
The best way to get from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle is to train via Lagny-sur-Marne which takes 9h 55m and costs €180 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €130 and takes 18h 23m.
Neuchâtel to La Rochelle train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Renens VD station.
Yes, the driving distance between Neuchâtel to La Rochelle is 713 km. It takes approximately 9h 18m to drive from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle.
What companies run services between Neuchâtel, Switzerland and La Rochelle, France?
You can take a train from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle Ville via Renens VD, Genève, Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV, and Marne La Vallee Chessy in around 9h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Neuchâtel to La Rochelle - Bus Station via Yverdon-les-Bains, Yverdon-les-Bains, Geneva, Annecy, and Annecy - Bus Station in around 18h 23m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Lille Lesquin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to La Rochelle – Île De Ré Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Basel to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Neuchâtel to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Neuchâtel to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Neuchâtel to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €8–12
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to La Rochelle Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €28–40
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nantes to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux Saint-Jean to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lausanne to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to La Rochelle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Geneva to Annecy
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Yverdon-les-Bains to Geneve, Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva to Annecy
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Annecy - Bus Station to La Rochelle - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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