There are 9 ways to get from Ponferrada to Geneva by bus, plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), car, train, or towncar
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to A Coruña Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Ponferrada to A Coruña/La Coruñabus
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LCG - GVA
7h 37mCHF 92–276Train
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ic
- 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
16h 48mCHF 196–373Bus
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Leonbus
- Take the bus from León to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
21h 49mCHF 105–173Drive 1,380.7 km
- Drive from Ponferrada to Genevacar 1,380.7 km
13h 55mCHF 263–379Train to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SCQ - GVA
8h 27mCHF 109–341Train, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Ourensetrain
- Take a town car from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane OPO - GVA
10h 23mCHF 287–494Train to León Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Fly from León Airport (LEN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LEN - GVA
9hCHF 165–622Train, bus to Asturias Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Oviedotrain
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane OVD - GVA
10h 57mCHF 96–274Bus via Salamanca
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Salamanca, Estación de Autobusesbus ALSA - Ferr-Alg
- Take the bus from Salamanca to Annemassebus FlixBus N1156
27h 23mCHF 139–229
Ponferrada to Geneva by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ponferrada to Geneva is to bus which costs SFr 100 - SFr 180 and takes 21h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Ponferrada to Geneva is to bus and fly which takes 7h 37m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct bus from Ponferrada to Geneva station. However, there are services departing from Ponferrada and arriving at Geneva - Bus Station via León and Lyon - Gerland Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Ponferrada to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Ponferrada and arriving at Geneve via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants and Lyon Part Dieu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 48m.
The distance between Ponferrada and Geneva is 1402 km. The road distance is 1380.7 km.
The best way to get from Ponferrada to Geneva without a car is to train which takes 16h 48m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 380.
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from Ponferrada to Geneva, including transfers.
Ponferrada to Geneva bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Ponferrada station.
Ponferrada to Geneva train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Ponferrada station.
The best way to get from Ponferrada to Geneva is to train which takes 16h 48m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 100 - SFr 180 and takes 21h 49m.
What companies run services between Ponferrada, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Ponferrada to Geneve via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Barcelona-Sants, and Lyon Part Dieu in around 16h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ponferrada to Geneva - Bus Station via León and Lyon - Gerland Bus Station in around 21h 49m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–240
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Geneva International Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
Flights from León Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
Flights from León Airport to Geneva International Airport via Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–430
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–450
Flights from León Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–430
Flights from León Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–700
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–310
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–250
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–260
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–150
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–26
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–90
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Ponferrada to A Coruña/La Coruña
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–25
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–6
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Ponferrada to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from León to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–18
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salamanca to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 980 51 66 23
- %[email protected]
- Website
- autocaresvivas.es
Bus from Ponferrada to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–27
- Schedules at
- autocaresvivas.es
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 229
- Website
- VM Transfers
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Booking & Getting There
Ponferrada to Geneva bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Leon station.
Ponferrada to Geneva train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ponferrada to Geneva is 1381 km. It takes approximately 13h 55m to drive from Ponferrada to Geneva.
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