There are 10 ways to get from Paris to Jena by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
6h 44m€92–224Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Jena bus stationbus N1305 / ...
12h 45m€40–100Drive 851.5 km
- Drive from Paris to Jenacar 851.5 km
7h 36m€132–190Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane CDG - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
6h 28m€133–376Train via Paris Gare De L'Est
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Erfurt Hbftrain 82
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain Re3 / ...
6h 53m€92–224Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CDG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
7h 40m€108–307Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CDG - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
7h 39m€97–302Fly Paris Orly Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ORY - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
7h 31m€84–304Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane CDG - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Jena Westtrain
8h 36m€162–406Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CDG - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena Westtrain
10h 47m€107–250
Paris to Jena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Jena is to bus which costs €40 - €100 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Jena is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs €130 - €380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and arriving at Jena bus station station. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Paris to Jena. However, there are services departing from Paris Est and arriving at Jena West via Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 44m.
The distance between Paris and Jena is 953 km. The road distance is 851.5 km.
The best way to get from Paris to Jena without a car is to train which takes 6h 44m and costs €90 - €230.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Paris to Jena, including transfers.
Paris to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Paris to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Paris Est station.
The best way to get from Paris to Jena is to train which takes 6h 44m and costs €90 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €100 and takes 12h 45m.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Jena, Germany?
You can take a train from Paris Est to Jena West via Erfurt Hbf in around 6h 44m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Jena bus station twice daily. Tickets cost €40–100 and the journey takes 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–340
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris l'Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Paris to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Jena bus station.
Paris to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Paris to Jena is 852 km. It takes approximately 7h 36m to drive from Paris to Jena.
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