There are 9 ways to get from Ulm to Nantes by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Nantestrain
9h 6m€183–418Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOBtrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane FMM - NTE
9h 23m€81–363Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Ulm - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus BlaBlaCar Bus
15h 54m€88–142Drive 1,020.7 km
- Drive from Ulm to Nantescar 1,020.7 km
10h 52m€194–281Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane MUC - NTE
6h 39m€129–377Train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Nantestrain Tgv
9h 24m€201–356Bus
- Take the bus from Ulm to Nantesbus 1923
17h€100–160Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane STR - NTE
7h 53m€109–339Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane ZRH - NTE
10h 10m€143–477
Ulm to Nantes by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Nantes is to bus via Paris which costs €85 - €150 and takes 15h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Nantes is to train and fly which takes 6h 39m and costs €120 - €380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ulm and arriving at Nantes. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 17h.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Nantes via Stuttgart Hbf, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 6m.
The distance between Ulm and Nantes is 1069 km. The road distance is 1020.7 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Nantes without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 6m and costs €180 - €420.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Ulm to Nantes, including transfers.
Ulm to Nantes bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Ulm - Bus Station.
Ulm to Nantes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Ulm Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Ulm to Nantes is to train via Paris which takes 9h 6m and costs €180 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 15h 54m.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Nantes, France?
You can take a train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Nantes via Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart Hbf, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 in around 9h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ulm - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 15h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- €20–29
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- 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 Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Ulm - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ulm to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Ulm to Nantes bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Ulm to Nantes train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Nantes is 1021 km. It takes approximately 10h 52m to drive from Ulm to Nantes.
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