There are 10 ways to get from Münster to Besançon by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain Tgv
9h 12m€134–501Drive 649.2 km
cheapest- Drive from Münster to Besançoncar 649.2 km
7h 1m€100–144Bus
- Take the bus from Münster-Mitte to Stadtarchiv Düsseldorfbus
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Besançonbus
12h 25mFly Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Basel (BSL)plane FMO - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
8h 58m€153–352Train, bus
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Besançonbus FlixBus N199
9h 36m€131–527Train, bus via Dortmund
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ice
- Take the bus from Basel SBB to Besançonbus
10h 32m€224–717Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
8h 6m€193–573Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
9h 6m€164–486Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUS - 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
10h 35m€174–514Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgvtrain
9h 47m€170–500
Münster to Besançon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Münster to Besançon is to drive which costs €95 - €150 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Münster to Besançon is to drive which takes 7h 1m and costs €95 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Münster to Besançon. However, there are services departing from Münster-Mitte and arriving at Besançon via Dusseldorf Central Bus Station and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Münster to Besançon. However, there are services departing from Münster Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Besancon Viotte via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Strasbourg and Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 12m.
The distance between Münster and Besançon is 780 km. The road distance is 649.2 km.
The best way to get from Münster to Besançon without a car is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €130 - €500.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Münster to Besançon, including transfers.
Münster to Besançon bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Münster-Mitte station.
Münster to Besançon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Münster Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Münster to Besançon is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €130 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 12h 25m.
What companies run services between Münster, Germany and Besançon, France?
You can take a train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Besancon Viotte via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv in around 9h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Münster-Mitte to Besançon via Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf Central Bus Station, Basel, Bahnhof, and Basel SBB in around 12h 25m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Basel via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Frasne to Mouchard
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- 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
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Besancon-Franche Comte Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
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
- €23–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Frasne
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
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)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Münster-Mitte to Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Besançon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Besançon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Basel SBB to Besançon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Münster to Besançon bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf station.
Münster to Besançon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Münster to Besançon is 649 km. It takes approximately 7h 1m to drive from Münster to Besançon.
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