There are 12 ways to get from Poitiers to Bern by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Poitiers to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
7h 30mCHF 170–390Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Poitiers - Bus Station to Tours - Vaucanson Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tours to Lyonbus 724
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bernbus
14h 20mCHF 57–113Drive 630.8 km
- Drive from Poitiers to Berncar 630.8 km
8h 12mCHF 103–149Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Poitiers to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Basel (BSL)plane BOD - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 41mCHF 135–389Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corpstrain Tgv
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
12h 36mCHF 159–397Train, bus
- Take the train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corpstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeldbus
12h 38mCHF 106–213Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Poitiers to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CDG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 17mCHF 184–511Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Poitiers to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Basel (BSL)plane CDG - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 16mCHF 192–526Fly Poitiers–Biard Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PIS - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain
7h 18mCHF 144–480Train, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Basel (BSL)plane NTE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
9h 19mCHF 149–424Train, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NTE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
10h 18mCHF 161–439Train to Limoges-Bellegarde Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the train from Poitiers to Limoges Benedictinstrain
- Fly from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport (LIG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LIG - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain
11h 53mCHF 205–482
Poitiers to Bern by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poitiers to Bern is to bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Poitiers to Bern is to train and fly which takes 7h 16m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 550.
No, there is no direct bus from Poitiers station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Poitiers - Bus Station and arriving at Bern via Tours and Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Poitiers to Bern. However, there are services departing from Poitiers and arriving at Bern via Strasbourg and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 30m.
The distance between Poitiers and Bern is 1018 km. The road distance is 630.8 km.
The best way to get from Poitiers to Bern without a car is to train which takes 7h 30m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 390.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Poitiers to Bern, including transfers.
Poitiers to Bern bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Poitiers - Bus Station.
Poitiers to Bern train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Poitiers station.
The best way to get from Poitiers to Bern is to train which takes 7h 30m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 55 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 20m.
What companies run services between Poitiers, France and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Poitiers to Bern via Strasbourg, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 7h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Poitiers - Bus Station to Bern via Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station, Tours, and Lyon in around 14h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–290
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–340
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–280
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–470
- Website
- chalair.eu
Flights from Limoges-Bellegarde Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Poitiers–Biard Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–150
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Poitiers to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Poitiers to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- 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 Poitiers to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–240
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Poitiers to Limoges Benedictins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Poitiers - Bus Station to Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Poitiers - Bus Station to Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tours to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Poitiers to Bern bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Tours - Vaucanson Bus Station.
Poitiers to Bern train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Poitiers to Bern is 631 km. It takes approximately 8h 12m to drive from Poitiers to Bern.
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