There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Bern Station by plane, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), bus, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
6h 16mCHF 116–342Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane MAD - MXP
- Take the bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviariabus
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
9h 9mCHF 73–260Train via Barcelona
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
14h 44mCHF 204–496Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Bernbus FlixBus N122 / ...
22h 55mCHF 132–233Drive 1,464.3 km
- Drive from Madrid to Bern Stationcar 1,464.3 km
14h 34mCHF 240–346Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MAD - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
7h 16mCHF 111–372Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Basel (BSL)plane MAD - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
6h 24mCHF 94–307Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane MAD - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
9h 13mCHF 123–286Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Genevetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
14h 48mCHF 251–479Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Avignonbus
- Take the train from Avignon Centre to Annecytrain K21
- Take the bus from Gare Routiere to Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+Rbus 272
- Take the train from Genève to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
26h 42mCHF 238–494
Madrid to Bern Station by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Bern Station is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 70 - SFr 260 and takes 9h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Bern Station is to fly and train which takes 6h 16m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 350.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Bern Station. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at Bern, Bahnhof via Lyon and Bern, Neufeld P+R. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Bern Station. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Bern via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu and Genève. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 44m.
The distance between Madrid and Bern Station is 1378 km. The road distance is 1464.3 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Bern Station without a car is to train via Barcelona which takes 14h 44m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 500.
It takes approximately 6h 16m to get from Madrid to Bern Station, including transfers.
Madrid to Bern Station bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Madrid to Bern Station train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Bern Station is to train via Barcelona which takes 14h 44m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 240 and takes 22h 55m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Bern Station, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Bern Station via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Genève, and Bern in around 14h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Bern, Bahnhof via Lyon, Bern, and Bern, Neufeld P+R in around 22h 55m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–140
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Basel via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–110
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Avignon Centre to Annecy
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–170
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0322 844 862
- [email protected]
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1 to Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Avignon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–130
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +33 4 8000 7000
- Website
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Gare Routiere to Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+R
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
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Madrid to Bern Station bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Madrid to Bern Station train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Bern Station is 1464 km. It takes approximately 14h 34m to drive from Madrid to Bern Station.
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