There are 10 ways to get from Rennes to Lucerne by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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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 Luzerntrain Ec / ...
7h 31mCHF 189–332Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rennes to Strasbourgbus N215 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Luzernbus FlixBus N401 / ...
16h 55mCHF 79–134Drive 893.8 km
- Drive from Rennes to Lucernecar 893.8 km
9h 20mCHF 146–210Fly 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 HB to Luzerntrain
7h 7mCHF 212–426Train 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 Luzerntrain Ec / ...
8h 2mCHF 261–702Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Genève to Luzerntrain Ir15 / ...
18h 18mCHF 164–400Fly 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 Luzerntrain
8h 27mCHF 194–371Train 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 Luzerntrain
7h 28mCHF 128–318Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Rennes 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 HB to Luzerntrain
7h 5mCHF 173–452Train 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 Luzerntrain
9h 28mCHF 175–498
Rennes to Lucerne by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 75 - SFr 140 and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Lucerne is to train and fly which takes 7h 5m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 460.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Luzern via Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Luzern via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Gare de Lyon and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 2m.
The distance between Rennes and Lucerne is 975 km. The road distance is 893.8 km.
The best way to get from Rennes to Lucerne without a car is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 340.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Rennes to Lucerne, including transfers.
Rennes to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rennes station.
Rennes to Lucerne train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Lucerne is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 75 - SFr 140 and takes 16h 55m.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Rennes to Luzern via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Gare Montparnasse, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, Basel Sbb, and Basel SBB in around 7h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rennes to Luzern via Strasbourg in around 16h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–300
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–300
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–350
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–350
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–240
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
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–260
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 45–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–460
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–380
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–550
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Basel via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–330
- 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
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- 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
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- 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 Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- 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 180–550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Strasbourg to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Rennes to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Rennes to Lucerne train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rennes to Lucerne is 894 km. It takes approximately 9h 20m to drive from Rennes to Lucerne.
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