There are 12 ways to get from Leuven to Trieste by plane, shuttle, car, car train, bus, train, night train, or train (Eurostar, Trenitalia)
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Fly Brussels Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane BRU - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
5h 27m€253–656Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane CRL - TRS
6h 5m€50–328Drive, car train
- Drive from Leuven to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Triestecar
15h 23m€190–259Bus
- Take the bus from Leuven Station to Frankfurt central train stationbus N84
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Triestebus 127 / ...
20h 45m€100–179Train, night train
- Take the train from Louvain to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Augsburg Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Augsburg Hbf to Udinenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Udine to Trieste Centraletrain Re
16h 42m€132–721Fly Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane BRU - TRS
7h 37m€81–243Fly Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BRU - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
6h 25m€273–806Fly Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BRU - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
7h 38m€124–1,038Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Treviso Airport, train
- Take the train from Louvain to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Treviso Airport (TSF)plane CRL - TSF
- Take the train from Treviso Centrale to Trieste Centraletrain
8h 52m€80–305Train
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
15h 29m€330–606Drive 1,123.4 km
- Drive from Leuven to Triestecar 1,123.4 km
12h 9m€176–254Train, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Louvain to Luxembourgtrain Ic
- Take a shuttle bus from Luxembourg to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Trieste Centralebus
16h 5m€669–1,160
Leuven to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leuven to Trieste is to train and fly which costs €50 - €330 and takes 6h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Leuven to Trieste is to fly and shuttle which takes 5h 27m and costs €250 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Leuven station to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Leuven Station and arriving at Trieste via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Leuven to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Louvain and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Liege-Guillemins, Frankfurt, Augsburg Hbf and Udine. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 42m.
The distance between Leuven and Trieste is 1035 km. The road distance is 1123.4 km.
The best way to get from Leuven to Trieste without a car is to bus which takes 20h 45m and costs €100 - €180.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Leuven to Trieste, including transfers.
Leuven to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leuven Station.
Leuven to Trieste train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
The best way to get from Leuven to Trieste is to bus which takes 20h 45m and costs €100 - €180. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €80 - €250 and takes 7h 37m, you could also train, which costs €330 - €650 and takes 15h 29m.
What companies run services between Leuven, Belgium and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a bus from Leuven Station to Trieste via Frankfurt central train station in around 20h 45m. Alternatively, Brussels Airlines, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Louvain to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Louvain to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Augsburg Hbf to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–104
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €98–104
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Treviso Centrale to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €230–390
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–800
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €170
Bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–380
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €30
- Private
- €125
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leuven Station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Leuven Station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- [email protected]
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Luxembourg to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €600–700
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €600–700
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More Questions & Answers
Leuven to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Leuven to Trieste train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Chambery Challes Les Eaux station.
Yes, the driving distance between Leuven to Trieste is 1123 km. It takes approximately 12h 9m to drive from Leuven to Trieste.
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