Bern Transport

Getting there & away

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Land

Bus & train

Postal buses depart from the western side of the train station. By rail, there are services at least hourly to most destinations, including Geneva (Sfr45, 1¾ hours), Basel (Sfr36, 70 minutes), Interlaken Ost (Sfr25, 50 minutes) and Zürich (Sfr45, one hour).

Car & motorcycle

There are three motorways intersecting in the city's north. The N1 (E25) is the route from Neuchâtel in the west and Basel and Zürich in the northeast. The N6 connects Bern with Thun and the Interlaken region in the southeast. The N12 (E27) is the route from Geneva and Lausanne in the southwest.

There are several underground parking spots in the city centre, including one at the train station (Sfr2.50 per hour). 'Park & Ride' parking is free at Guisanplatz, Wankdorf in the north, Neufeld in the northwest and Gangloff, Bümpliz in the southwest.

Air

Bern-Belp airport (031 960 21 21; www.flughafen bern.ch) is a small airport with connections to London City and Lugano on Darwin Airline (www.darwinairline.ch) and to Munich on Lufthansa, among others. Fly Be (www.flybe.com) also flies here from Birmingham and Southampton in England.