There are 10 ways to get from Hanover to Besançon by train (TGV), bus, night train, car, car train, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain Tgv
8h 21m€138–510Night train, bus
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Freiburg to Besançonbus FlixBus N1720 / ...
11h 5m€51–133Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus FlixBus N33 / ...
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch.bus
11h 40m€65–111Drive 771.8 km
- Drive from Hanover to Besançoncar 771.8 km
6h 35m€119–172Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationcartrain
- Drive from Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station to Besançoncar
9h 19m€126–159Fly Hannover Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Basel (BSL)plane HAJ - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
8h 43m€153–302Fly Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
8h 16m€180–502Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
7h 56m€187–609Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)plane HAM - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
8h 42m€104–496Fly Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HAJ - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Frasnetrain
- Take the train from Frasne to Mouchardtrain
- Take the train from Mouchard to Besancon Viottetrain
11h 17m€211–526
Hanover to Besançon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Besançon is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 11h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Besançon is to drive which takes 6h 35m and costs €110 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Besançon. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch. via FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Besançon. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Besancon Viotte via Frankfurt, Strasbourg and Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 21m.
The distance between Hanover and Besançon is 803 km. The road distance is 771.8 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Besançon without a car is to train which takes 8h 21m and costs €130 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Hanover to Besançon, including transfers.
Hanover to Besançon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Besançon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Besançon is to train which takes 8h 21m and costs €130 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €120 and takes 11h 40m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Besançon, France?
You can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Besancon Viotte via Frankfurt, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv in around 8h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hanover central bus station to Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch. via FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. in around 11h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–430
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–450
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Frasne to Mouchard
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Frasne to Mouchard
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mouchard to Besancon Viotte
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Frasne
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Freiburg to Besançon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Sindbad
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Besançon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Hanover to Besançon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Besançon is 772 km. It takes approximately 6h 35m to drive from Hanover to Besançon.
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