There are 10 ways to get from Geneva to Detmold by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbftrain
4h 27m€136–373Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Geneva to Dortmund central bus stationbus FlixBus N122
- Take the bus from Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhofbus Dnipro
17h 42m€86–142Train
- Take the train from Genève to Renens VDtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbekentrain Re
11h 10m€201–734Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Geneva Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquaibus
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Goettingennighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Göttingen to Altenbekentrain
16h 8m€111–313Fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane GVA - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain
6h 45m€162–357Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane GVA - FMO
- Take the train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain
7h 24m€154–360Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane GVA - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain
6h 43m€184–604Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbekentrain
5h 52m€187–488Drive, car train
- Drive from Geneva to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Detmoldcar
12h 25m€153–203Drive 814 km
- Drive from Geneva to Detmoldcar 814 km
7h 51m€143–206
Geneva to Detmold by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Detmold is to bus which costs €85 - €150 and takes 17h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Detmold is to fly and train which takes 4h 27m and costs €130 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Geneva to Detmold. However, there are services departing from Geneva and arriving at Detmold, Bahnhof via Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr, BI-Brackwede, Eisenbahnstraße and Bielefeld Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Geneva to Detmold. However, there are services departing from Genève and arriving at Detmold, Bahnhof via Renens VD, Basel SBB, Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe and Altenbeken. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 10m.
The distance between Geneva and Detmold is 761 km. The road distance is 814 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Detmold without a car is to train which takes 11h 10m and costs €200 - €750.
It takes approximately 4h 27m to get from Geneva to Detmold, including transfers.
Geneva to Detmold bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Geneva station.
Geneva to Detmold train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Genève station.
The best way to get from Geneva to Detmold is to train which takes 11h 10m and costs €200 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 17h 42m.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Detmold, Germany?
You can take a train from Genève to Detmold, Bahnhof via Renens VD, Basel SBB, Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe, and Altenbeken in around 11h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geneva to Detmold, Bahnhof via Dortmund central bus station, Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr, Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof, BI-Brackwede, Eisenbahnstraße, and Bielefeld Hbf in around 17h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bremen Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Goettingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- [email protected]
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Altenbeken
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Dortmund , Busbahnof Steinstr to Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva Bus Station to Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Geneva to Detmold bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dortmund central bus station.
Geneva to Detmold train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Renens VD station.
Yes, the driving distance between Geneva to Detmold is 814 km. It takes approximately 7h 51m to drive from Geneva to Detmold.
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