There are 11 ways to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Pontarlier to Berntrain Re9
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
10h 22m€103–244Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from PEM - Gare to PEM Viottebus 203 / ...
- Take the bus from Besançon to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Leipzig central train stationbus N86 / ...
14h 24m€69–130Drive 816.9 km
- Drive from Pontarlier to Leipzigcar 816.9 km
8h 7m€125–180Train, train to Basel, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane BSL - LEJ
9h 51m€161–405Bus, train
- Take the bus from Pontarlier, gare to Neuchâtel, gare sudbus Ev6
- Take the train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Leipzig Hbftrain 12N
11h 47m€109–269Train
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Neuchâteltrain Re9
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Zürich HBtrain Ic5 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Leipzig Hbftrain Ec
12h 29m€289–528Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Neuchâteltrain
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane GVA - LEJ
8h 43m€172–457Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Neuchâteltrain
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane ZRH - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 47m€110–311Train, train to Basel, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BSL - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 56m€95–312Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Neuchâteltrain
- Take the train from Neuchâtel to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane GVA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 42m€106–354Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Pontarlier to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane FRA - LEJ
9h 19m€168–315
Pontarlier to Leipzig by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig is to bus which costs €65 - €130 and takes 14h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig is to drive which takes 8h 7m and costs €120 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Pontarlier to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from PEM - Gare and arriving at Leipzig central train station via Besançon and Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Pontarlier to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Pontarlier and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Bern, Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 22m.
The distance between Pontarlier and Leipzig is 897 km. The road distance is 816.9 km.
The best way to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 22m and costs €100 - €250.
It takes approximately 10h 22m to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig, including transfers.
Pontarlier to Leipzig bus services, operated by Mobigo - Doubs, depart from PEM - Gare station.
Pontarlier to Leipzig train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Pontarlier station.
The best way to get from Pontarlier to Leipzig is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 22m and costs €100 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €130 and takes 14h 24m.
What companies run services between Pontarlier, France and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a train from Pontarlier to Leipzig Hbf via Bern, Basel SBB, and Frankfurt in around 10h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from PEM - Gare to Leipzig central train station via Besançon and Nuremberg central bus station in around 14h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Basel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Pontarlier to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Biel/Bienne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Pontarlier to Neuchâtel
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Neuchâtel to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–420
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Neuchâtel to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Neuchâtel to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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 Pontarlier to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- Rail 1st Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +33 3 80 11 29 29
- Website
- viamobigo.fr
Bus from PEM - Gare to PEM Viotte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- Mobigo - Doubs
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Besançon to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Pontarlier, gare to Neuchâtel, gare sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Pontarlier to Leipzig bus services, operated by Mobigo - Doubs, arrive at PEM Viotte station.
Pontarlier to Leipzig train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Bern station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pontarlier to Leipzig is 817 km. It takes approximately 8h 7m to drive from Pontarlier to Leipzig.
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