There are 9 ways to get from Papenburg to Geneva by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUS - GVA
6h 6mCHF 129–327Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leer to Groningen, Hoofdstationbus 401
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Genevabus
21h 23mCHF 71–134Train
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 35
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
11h 41mCHF 157–541Drive 923.5 km
- Drive from Papenburg to Genevacar 923.5 km
10h 14mCHF 147–213Train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRE - GVA
8h 28mCHF 117–429Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Rheine to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AMS - GVA
8h 8mCHF 117–328Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
8h 3mCHF 175–436Drive, car train
- Drive from Papenburg to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Genevacar
13h 47mCHF 152–208Train via Rheine
- Take the train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhoftrain 35
- Take the train from Rheine to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
15h 38m
Papenburg to Geneva by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Papenburg to Geneva is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 140 and takes 21h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Papenburg to Geneva is to train and fly which takes 6h 6m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Papenburg to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Papenburg, AOK and arriving at Geneva via Leer, Groningen central station and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Papenburg to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Papenburg, Bahnhof and arriving at Genève via Köln Hbf, Basel SBB and Renens VD. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 41m.
The distance between Papenburg and Geneva is 815 km. The road distance is 923.5 km.
The best way to get from Papenburg to Geneva without a car is to train which takes 11h 41m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 550.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Papenburg to Geneva, including transfers.
Papenburg to Geneva bus services, operated by Arriva NL, depart from Leer station.
Papenburg to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Papenburg, Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Papenburg to Geneva is to train which takes 11h 41m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 70 - SFr 140 and takes 21h 23m.
What companies run services between Papenburg, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Genève via Köln Hbf, Basel SBB, and Renens VD in around 11h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Papenburg, AOK to Geneva via Leer(Ostfriesl) ZOB, Leer, Groningen, Hoofdstation, Groningen central station, and Dortmund central bus station in around 21h 23m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
Flights from Bremen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–430
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–280
Flights from Bremen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Bremen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–420
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Papenburg, Bahnhof to Rheine, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hengelo to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- 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
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–11
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Rheine to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–15
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Rheine to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Bus from Leer to Groningen, Hoofdstation
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Leer to Groningen, Hoofdstation
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leer to Groningen, Hoofdstation
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Papenburg to Geneva bus services, operated by Arriva NL, arrive at Groningen, Hoofdstation.
Papenburg to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Papenburg to Geneva is 923 km. It takes approximately 10h 14m to drive from Papenburg to Geneva.
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