There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Brest by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bresttrain Tgv
13h 33m€279–836Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N780
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brest - SNCF Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
25h 20m€132–224Drive 1,478.1 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Brestcar 1,478.1 km
14h 10m€229–331Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane BER - BES
8h 55m€149–483Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Quimpertrain Tgv
- Take the train from Quimper to Bresttrain Ter
15h 52m€302–878Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Weißenfelstrain S6
- Take the train from Weissenfels to Erfurt Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Zella-Mehlistrain Re7
- Take the bus from Zella-Mehlis station to Rennesbus
- Take the train from Rennes to Bresttrain Tgv
27h 3m€177–321Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane NUE - BES
8h 55m€172–555Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane HAJ - BES
11h 2m€174–605Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane LEJ - BES
8h 43m€199–452Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane PRG - BES
11h 20m
Leipzig to Brest by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Brest is to bus which costs €130 - €230 and takes 25h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Brest is to fly which takes 8h 43m and costs €190 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Brest station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Brest - SNCF Train Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Brest. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Brest via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 33m.
The distance between Leipzig and Brest is 1639 km. The road distance is 1478.1 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Brest without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 33m and costs €270 - €850.
It takes approximately 13h 33m to get from Leipzig to Brest, including transfers.
Leipzig to Brest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Brest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Brest is to train via Paris which takes 13h 33m and costs €270 - €850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €230 and takes 25h 20m, you could also fly, which costs €190 - €460 and takes 8h 43m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Brest, France?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Brest via Erfurt Hbf, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris l'Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 13h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Brest - SNCF Train Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 25h 20m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Frankfurt, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–700
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Frankfurt, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–800
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brest Bretagne Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Hannover Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brest Bretagne Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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 Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Quimper
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–360
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Quimper to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Quimper
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Weißenfels
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Zella-Mehlis
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Weißenfels
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Weissenfels to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Weißenfels
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Weissenfels to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Weissenfels to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zella-Mehlis station to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brest - SNCF Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Brest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Leipzig to Brest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Brest is 1478 km. It takes approximately 14h 10m to drive from Leipzig to Brest.
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