There are 9 ways to get from Frankfurt to Geneva by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train, bus via Zurich
best- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
10h 46mCHF 135–227Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Neustadt to Nürnberg Hbftrain S6 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Genevabus FlixBus N872
12h 21mCHF 56–109Drive 626.1 km
- Drive from Frankfurt to Genevacar 626.1 km
6h 35mCHF 105–151Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NUE - GVA
7h 21mCHF 113–292Train
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
11h 5mCHF 120–299Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
11h 14mCHF 143–314Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Colmarbus
- Take the bus from Colmar to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
14h 42mCHF 59–111Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
7h 8mCHF 132–331Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Markt Bibart to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MUC - GVA
7h 19mCHF 141–411
Frankfurt to Geneva by bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Frankfurt to Geneva is to train and bus which costs SFr 55 - SFr 120 and takes 14h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Frankfurt to Geneva is to drive which takes 6h 35m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 160.
No, there is no direct train from Frankfurt to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Markt Bibart and arriving at Genève via Würzburg Hbf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Renens VD. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 5m.
The distance between Frankfurt and Geneva is 711 km. The road distance is 626.1 km.
The best way to get from Frankfurt to Geneva without a car is to train and bus via Zurich which takes 10h 46m and costs SFr 130 - SFr 230.
It takes approximately 10h 46m to get from Frankfurt to Geneva, including transfers.
Frankfurt to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Markt Bibart station.
Frankfurt to Geneva train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Würzburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Frankfurt to Geneva is 626 km. It takes approximately 6h 35m to drive from Frankfurt to Geneva.
There are 1220+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Frankfurt, Bavaria, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Frankfurt to Genève via Markt Bibart, Markt Bibart, Würzburg Hbf, Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Renens VD in around 11h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–380
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–240
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Neustadt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Markt Bibart to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 26–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–12
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–12
- 2nd Class
- CHF 9–13
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–26
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Colmar to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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