There are 12 ways to get from Fribourg to Lens by train (TGV), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Yverdon-les-Bainstrain S30
- Take the train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Lenstrain Tgv
8h 56m€149–277Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Brussels-North train stationbus FlixBus N506 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Lillebus FlixBus N781 / ...
14h 43m€75–130Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel to Metz - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
14h 11m€104–249Drive 653 km
- Drive from Fribourg to Lenscar 653 km
7h 21m€114–165Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GVA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
7h 48m€135–391Train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Arrastrain Tgv
9h 23m€203–431Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZRH - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
7h 32m€175–450Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane GVA - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arrastrain
7h 40m€181–477Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane ZRH - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arrastrain
7h 29m€181–496Train to Basel, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BSL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arrastrain
7h 50m€178–486Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Lille-Lesquin Airport
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL)plane GVA - LIL
7h 15m€144–448Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane ZRH - LUX
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Namurtrain
- Take the train from Namur to Lille Flandrestrain
10h 31m€211–602
Fribourg to Lens by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Fribourg to Lens is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Fribourg to Lens is to train and fly which takes 7h 15m and costs €140 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Fribourg to Lens. However, there are services departing from Bern, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Lens via Bern, Brussels-North train station and Lille. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Fribourg to Lens. However, there are services departing from Fribourg/Freiburg and arriving at Lens via Vallorbe, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 56m.
The distance between Fribourg and Lens is 715 km. The road distance is 653 km.
The best way to get from Fribourg to Lens without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 56m and costs €140 - €280.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Fribourg to Lens, including transfers.
Fribourg to Lens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Fribourg to Lens train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Fribourg/Freiburg station.
The best way to get from Fribourg to Lens is to train via Paris which takes 8h 56m and costs €140 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 43m.
What companies run services between Fribourg, Switzerland and Lens, Hauts-de-France, France?
You can take a train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Lens via Yverdon-les-Bains, Yverdon-les-Bains, gare, Vallorbe, gare, Vallorbe, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 8h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Lens via Bern, Bern, Hauptbahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, Brussels-North train station, and Lille in around 14h 43m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Basel to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–270
Flights from Basel to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Lille-Lesquin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Yverdon-les-Bains
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Nord to Lens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- 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 Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Luxembourg to Namur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Namur to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Basel to Metz - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Fribourg to Lens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Fribourg to Lens train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Yverdon-les-Bains station.
Yes, the driving distance between Fribourg to Lens is 653 km. It takes approximately 7h 21m to drive from Fribourg to Lens.
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