Lausanne to Geneva ferry
Ferries from Lausanne to Geneva start at €11.88 and take 3h 21m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Lausanne to Geneva starts at €11.88 and takes 3h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 54 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 21mDoor to door
- 1h 51mMoving
- €11.88From
- 6.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CGN | €11.88 | 3h 21m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Geneva is not something we sell.
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When to book Lausanne to Geneva
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.073 days
- €10.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.07, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lausanne
- Lausanne-Ouchy
- Cully
Geneva
- Molard
- Pâquis
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 54 km against 51 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Köniz, Nyon, Bern, Thun. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lausanne at 06:26 and the last at 14:13, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 13m | 29m | 44m | €11.88 | 1.8 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 1h 34m | 50m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.5 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 3h 21m | 1h 51m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 6.2 kg | 3 |
Questions about Lausanne to Geneva
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva take?
The Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva takes 3h 21m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 54 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva cost?
The Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva?
1 operators run the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva: CGN. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva use?
The Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva leaves from Lausanne-Ouchy and arrives at Molard. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Lausanne to Geneva?
Traveling from Lausanne to Geneva by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 34m door to door, against 3h 21m by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva?
Fares for the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva produce?
The Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 54 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva?
Operators on the Ferry from Lausanne to Geneva publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 21m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lausanne to Geneva on September 12, 2026: 54 km of route against 51 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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