Travel to Bern

Every way to reach Bern: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Bern is reachable from 55 places across 10 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 8 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 21m door to door. The nearest origin is 66 km away.

Checked 30 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

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Arriving

How people reach Bern

Every mode that actually calls at Bern, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
Mode	Origins	From	Fastest	Reach	Operators
Train	90	€11.88	1h 21m	312 km	4
Coach	8	€10.07	1h 52m	130 km	1
Flight	16	€46.75	4h 5m	2,555 km	3

55Places you can arrive from
55Places you can leave for
10Countries
8Operators

The train gets you into Bern. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Bern for the night the train gets in

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	46	40%	Luzern, 66 km
200 to 600 km	56	49%	Barriera di Lanzo, 205 km
600 to 1,500 km	3	3%	Olbia, 690 km
Over 1,500 km	9	8%	Irákleion, 1958 km

Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Bern that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
Country	Routes	Share
Italy	51	45%
Switzerland	32	28%
Germany	16	14%
Greece	5	4%
Cyprus	2	2%
Spain	2	2%
Luxembourg	2	2%
Türkiye	2	2%
France	1	1%
Netherlands	1	1%

Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Bern

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bern

Rail

Bern Hauptbahnhof
Bern Hbf
Kerzers

Coach

Bern Neufeld
Bern, Hauptbahnhof

Air

Landing at BRN after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

Getting from BRN into Bern?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Bern costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Bern

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Bern, over the next three weeks.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Basel to Bern bus	€10.07	1h 52m	69 km
Lausanne to Bern bus	€10.07	2h	79 km
Zurich to Bern bus	€10.07	2h 16m	95 km
Geneva to Bern bus	€10.08	2h 54m	130 km
Basel to Bern train	€11.88	1h 22m	69 km
Lucerne to Bern train	€11.88	1h 21m	66 km
Lausanne to Bern train	€11.89	1h 27m	79 km
Zurich to Bern train	€14.09	1h 35m	95 km
Geneva to Bern train	€18.49	1h 49m	130 km
Freiburg im Breisgau to Bern train	€18.49	1h 52m	120 km
Winterthur to Bern train	€21.78	1h 44m	115 km
Circoiscrizione V to Bern train	€30.04	2h 24m	206 km
Circoiscrizione VI to Bern train	€30.04	2h 38m	206 km
Circoiscrizione II to Bern train	€30.59	2h 41m	212 km
Circoiscrizione III to Bern train	€30.59	2h 28m	210 km
Turin to Bern train	€30.59	2h 36m	210 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Bern well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Where to leave your bags in Bern

Most of the points near Bern Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Common questions about Travel to Bern

How can I get to Bern?

Bern is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 55 places, across 10 countries, on services run by 8 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Bern?

The cheapest way into Bern is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 55 origins we sell into Bern over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Bern?

The fastest journey into Bern is by Train, at 1h 21m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 66 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Bern have?

Bern has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Bern Hauptbahnhof, Bern Hbf, Kerzers. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Bern from within 200 km?

46 of the routes we sell into Bern start within 200 km. The nearest is Luzern, 66 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Bern in Switzerland?

Bern connects to 55 places on our network across 10 countries, the furthest of them 2,555 km away in a straight line. Switzerland routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances