There are 9 ways to get from Olten to Rotterdam by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZRH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 57mDrive 698.9 km
cheapest- Drive from Olten to Rotterdamcar 698.9 km
7h 36m€123–178Train via Paris
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Thalys
8h 31mBus
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdambus BlaBlaCar Bus
11h 58mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 7mTrain, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Olten to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GVA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 53mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Olten to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 31mTrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Eindhoventrain 43N
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Intercity / ...
11h 37mBus via Basel
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Rotterdam Central Stationbus FlixBus N846
12h 28m
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to drive which costs €120 - €180 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to drive which takes 7h 36m and costs €120 - €180.
No, there is no direct train from Olten to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Olten and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Basel Sbb, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 31m.
The distance between Olten and Rotterdam is 722 km. The road distance is 698.9 km.
The best way to get from Olten to Rotterdam without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 57m to get from Olten to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Olten to Rotterdam train services, operated by SNCF Voyages, depart from Basel Sbb station.
The best way to get from Olten to Rotterdam is to train via Paris which takes 8h 31m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 58m.
Olten to Rotterdam train services, operated by SNCF Voyages, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Olten to Rotterdam is 699 km. It takes approximately 7h 36m to drive from Olten to Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Olten, Switzerland and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Olten to Rotterdam Centraal via Basel SBB, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 8h 31m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdam 4 times a week, and the journey takes 10h 20m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- ns.nl
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- thalys.com
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- belgiantrain.be
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Basel SBB to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
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