There are 10 ways to get from Potsdam to Trieste by train, plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or shuttle
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Train, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane BER - TRS
5h 22m€67–257Drive, car train
- Drive from Potsdam to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Triestecar
10h€171–1,005Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Triestebus N160
17h 30m€72–133Night train, train
- Take the night train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Graz Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
21h 44m€108–244Train, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane BER - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
7h 52m€124–540Train, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BER - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
7h 5m€214–590Train, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BER - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
8h 4m€115–772Train, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane BER - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
7h 48m€339–1,120Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbftrain 29
- Take the train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
14h 18m€184–496Drive 971.8 km
- Drive from Potsdam to Triestecar 971.8 km
9h 37m€150–217
Potsdam to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Potsdam to Trieste is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 17h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Potsdam to Trieste is to train and fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €65 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Potsdam station to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Potsdam central train station and arriving at Trieste via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Potsdam to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Potsdam Hbf and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Berlin Ostbahnhof and Graz Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 44m.
The distance between Potsdam and Trieste is 811 km. The road distance is 971.8 km.
The best way to get from Potsdam to Trieste without a car is to bus which takes 17h 30m and costs €70 - €140.
It takes approximately 5h 22m to get from Potsdam to Trieste, including transfers.
Potsdam to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Potsdam to Trieste train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Potsdam to Trieste is to bus which takes 17h 30m and costs €70 - €140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €500 and takes 14h 18m.
What companies run services between Potsdam, Germany and Trieste, Italy?
FlixBus operates a bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Trieste once daily. Tickets cost €70–130 and the journey takes 16h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Potsdam Hbf to Trieste Centrale via Berlin Hbf, Ingolstadt Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Villach Hbf in around 14h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €420–470
- Car Compartment
- €750–900
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €55–90
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Ingolstadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ingolstadt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–380
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €170
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250–802
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €802
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More Questions & Answers
Potsdam to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Trieste station.
Potsdam to Trieste train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Ingolstadt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Potsdam to Trieste is 972 km. It takes approximately 9h 37m to drive from Potsdam to Trieste.
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