There are 10 ways to get from Grenoble to Ilmenau by train (TGV), bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice
13h 45m€310–479Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Grenoble to Mulhousebus 720
- Take the bus from Mulhouse to Würzburg Main Stationbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Suhltrain Re7
19h 43m€93–140Drive 872.9 km
- Drive from Grenoble to Ilmenaucar 872.9 km
8h 49m€165–239Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
9h 44m€288–579Train via Lausanne
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain Ter
- 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 Erfurt Hbftrain 12 / ...
14h 38m€311–489Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane LYS - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
10h 15m€260–543Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
11h 12m€301–548Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LYS - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
10h 22m€281–570Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane GVA - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
11h 51m€304–569Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TRN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
13h 43m€289–591
Grenoble to Ilmenau by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Grenoble to Ilmenau is to bus and train which costs €90 - €140 and takes 19h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Grenoble to Ilmenau is to drive which takes 8h 49m and costs €160 - €240.
No, there is no direct train from Grenoble to Ilmenau. However, there are services departing from Grenoble and arriving at Stadtilm via Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 45m.
The distance between Grenoble and Ilmenau is 1161 km. The road distance is 872.9 km.
The best way to get from Grenoble to Ilmenau without a car is to train which takes 13h 45m and costs €310 - €480.
It takes approximately 13h 45m to get from Grenoble to Ilmenau, including transfers.
Grenoble to Ilmenau train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Grenoble station.
Grenoble to Ilmenau train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Grenoble to Ilmenau is 873 km. It takes approximately 8h 49m to drive from Grenoble to Ilmenau.
There are 781+ hotels available in Ilmenau.
What companies run services between Grenoble, France and Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany?
You can take a train from Grenoble to Ilmenau, Albert-Pulvers-Straße via Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg, Erfurt Hbf, Stadtilm, and Stadtilm, Feldstraße in around 13h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–450
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Suhl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Genève to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–23
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Grenoble to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mulhouse to Würzburg Main Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
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