There are 12 ways to get from Trieste to Leuven by shuttle, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Brussels Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LJU - BRU
5h 22m€249–662Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane TRS - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Louvaintrain
6h 28m€49–327Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
14h 10m€225–563Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Frankfurt central train stationbus 127 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Leuven Stationbus N84
20h 55m€99–170Train, night train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Udinetrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Udine to Rosenheimnighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Rosenheim to Brussels-Nordnighttrain Nj
21h 58m€87–284Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane TRS - BRU
7h 16m€81–243Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane VCE - BRU
6h 14m€279–777Shuttle, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ZAG - BRU
6h 57m€225–1,018Train to Treviso Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centraletrain
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane TSF - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Louvaintrain
9h 1m€81–295Drive, car train
- Drive from Trieste to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Leuvencar
15h 38m€190–258Bus, train
- Take the bus from Trieste Autostazione to Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain Drf
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Leuventrain 79
19h 15m€128–347Drive 1,120.2 km
- Drive from Trieste to Leuvencar 1,120.2 km
12h 19m€175–252
Trieste to Leuven by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Leuven is to fly and train which costs €45 - €330 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Leuven is to shuttle and fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €240 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Leuven station. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Leuven Station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Louvain via Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 10m.
The distance between Trieste and Leuven is 1035 km. The road distance is 1120.2 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Leuven without a car is to train which takes 14h 10m and costs €220 - €600.
It takes approximately 5h 22m to get from Trieste to Leuven, including transfers.
Trieste to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Leuven train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Leuven is to train which takes 14h 10m and costs €220 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €170 and takes 20h 55m, you could also fly, which costs €80 - €250 and takes 7h 16m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Leuven, Belgium?
You can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Louvain via Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and Bruxelles-Midi in around 14h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Trieste to Leuven Station via Frankfurt central train station in around 20h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Treviso Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Treviso Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Brussels Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
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 Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Trieste Centrale to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Udine to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–96
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–96
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €28–34
Night train from Rosenheim to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
Train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Leuven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €110–310
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–480
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Leuven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Leuven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
- Phone
- +43 5 17 17
- [email protected]
- Website
- ÖBB-Postbus
Bus from Trieste Autostazione to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- ÖBB-Postbus
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More Questions & Answers
Trieste to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Trieste to Leuven train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Torino Porta Susa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Leuven is 1120 km. It takes approximately 12h 19m to drive from Trieste to Leuven.
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