There are 11 ways to get from Santander to Leipzig by bus, plane, train, car, night train, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)BIO - LEJ
10h 19m€101–355Fly Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)SDR - BER
- Take the train from Berlin Südkreuz to Leipzig Central Station
11h 15m€76–333Bus, train via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St JeanTer
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Halle(Saale)HbfIce
20h 22m€259–488Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)783B
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Leipzig central train stationN367 / ...
31h 10m€87–219Drive 1,894 km
- Drive from Santander to Leipzig1,894 km
18h 20m€298–430Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Dresden Airport (DRS)BIO - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
10h 27m€144–364Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)BIO - BER
- Take the train from Berlin Südkreuz to Leipzig Central Station
9h 57m€87–274Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Frankfurt (FRA)BIO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
10h 21m€139–374Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Santander to Bordeaux
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the night train from Strasbourg to Erfurt HbfNj
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf13 / ...
20h 37m€207–632Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)HbfTgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf13 / ...
26h 9m€215–662Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf13 / ...
35h 12m€132–341
Santander to Leipzig by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Leipzig is to bus which costs €85 - €220 and takes 31h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Leipzig is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 57m and costs €85 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Leipzig central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 9m.
The distance between Santander and Leipzig is 1584 km. The road distance is 1894 km.
The best way to get from Santander to Leipzig without a car is to bus and train via Bordeaux which takes 20h 22m and costs €250 - €490.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Santander to Leipzig, including transfers.
Santander to Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Leipzig train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Leipzig is to bus which takes 31h 10m and costs €85 - €220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €700 and takes 26h 9m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a bus from Santander to Leipzig central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 31h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Santander to Leipzig Hbf via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 26h 9m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–85
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Berlin Südkreuz to Leipzig Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–13
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Strasbourg to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–262
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–262
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Santander to Leipzig train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santander to Leipzig is 1894 km. It takes approximately 18h 20m to drive from Santander to Leipzig.
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