There are 12 ways to get from Rennes to Bern by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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 Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
7h 38mCHF 167–325Bus via Strasbourg
cheapest- Take the bus from Rennes to Strasbourgbus N215 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Bernbus FlixBus N506 / ...
15h 20mCHF 64–108Drive 823 km
- Drive from Rennes to Berncar 823 km
8h 57mCHF 130–188Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RNS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
7h 33mCHF 181–371Train via Paris
- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Basel SBBtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ice / ...
7h 59mCHF 235–450Bus
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bernbus BlaBlaCar Bus
17h 50mCHF 64–101Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RNS - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
6h 52mCHF 116–351Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Basel (BSL)plane RNS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 57mCHF 134–401Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Basel (BSL)plane NTE - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
7h 12mCHF 113–321Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NTE - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
8h 16mCHF 105–281Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RNS - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain
9h 1mCHF 189–605Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Rennes 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 32mCHF 183–450
Rennes to Bern by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Bern is to bus via Strasbourg which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Bern is to fly and train which takes 6h 52m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 360.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes to Bern. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Bern via Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Bern. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Bern via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Gare de Lyon and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 59m.
The distance between Rennes and Bern is 982 km. The road distance is 823 km.
The best way to get from Rennes to Bern without a car is to train which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 330.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Rennes to Bern, including transfers.
Rennes to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rennes station.
Rennes to Bern train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Bern is to train which takes 7h 38m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 330. Alternatively, you can bus via Strasbourg, which costs SFr 60 - SFr 110 and takes 15h 20m.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Rennes to Bern via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Gare Montparnasse, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 7h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rennes to Bern via Strasbourg in around 15h 20m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–420
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–410
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–400
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–430
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–290
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–440
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–190
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–480
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–290
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
- 1st Class
- CHF 80–100
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–110
- 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–60
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 30–40
- 1st Class
- CHF 45–65
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–85
- 1st Class
- CHF 90–120
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 Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–80
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 80–120
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 22–35
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 35–50
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 24–40
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 35–55
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 65–95
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 100–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Strasbourg to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–17
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Rennes to Bern bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Rennes to Bern train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rennes to Bern is 823 km. It takes approximately 8h 57m to drive from Rennes to Bern.
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