There are 9 ways to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
best- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
5h 57m€99–502Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Freiburg to Strasbourgbus FlixBus N1135 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Brussels-North train stationbus FlixBus 299 / ...
10h 14m€39–68Train, bus
- Take the train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasburg to Brussels-North Stationbus
10h 13mDrive 504.1 km
- Drive from Freiburg Central Station to Leuvencar 504.1 km
5h 6m€78–112Train to Basel, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BSL - BRU
6h 36m€108–327Train
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
7h 24m€137–406Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
6h 6m€128–408Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane FRA - BRU
5h 47m€121–438Train to Basel, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BSL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Louvaintrain
6h 58m€143–471
Freiburg Central Station to Leuven by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven is to bus which costs €35 - €70 and takes 10h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven is to drive which takes 5h 6m and costs €75 - €120.
No, there is no direct bus from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven station. However, there are services departing from Freiburg and arriving at Leuven Station perron 1 via Strasbourg and Brussel Noord opstaphalte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Louvain via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt and Liège-Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 57m.
The distance between Freiburg Central Station and Leuven is 619 km. The road distance is 504.1 km.
The best way to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 5h 57m and costs €95 - €500.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven, including transfers.
Freiburg Central Station to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Freiburg station.
Freiburg Central Station to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 5h 57m and costs €95 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €70 and takes 10h 14m.
What companies run services between Freiburg Central Station, Germany and Leuven, Belgium?
You can take a train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Louvain via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt, and Liège-Guillemins in around 5h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven Station perron 1 via Freiburg, Strasbourg, Brussels-North train station, and Brussel Noord opstaphalte in around 10h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Basel to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Strasbourg to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Strasburg to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Freiburg Central Station to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Freiburg Central Station to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Freiburg Central Station to Leuven is 504 km. It takes approximately 5h 6m to drive from Freiburg Central Station to Leuven.
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