Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap train ticket from Bielefeld to Sankt Gallen is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
8 h 22 m
Average
8 h 31 m
Trains per day
5
Distance
516 km
It's difficult to get from Bielefeld to Sankt Gallen without transferring at least 5 times.
Distance | 320 miles (516 km) | |
Average train duration | 12 h 55 min | |
Average train ticket price | $54 (€48) | |
Train frequency | 8 a day | |
Direct train | No | |
Train providers | National Express or Deutsche Bahn |
Trains from Bielefeld to Sankt Gallen cover the 320 miles (516 km) long journey taking on average 12 h 55 min with our travel partners like National Express or Deutsche Bahn. Normally, there are 8 trains operating per day, including direct services available. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this journey for as low as $25 (€22), but the average price of train tickets is $54 (€48). Travelers depart most frequently from Bielefeld Hbf and arrive in St. Gallen.
National Express and Deutsche Bahn trains will get you to Sankt Gallen from Bielefeld from $25 (€22). With over 1000 travel companies on Omio, you can find the best train times and tickets for your trip.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the main provider of train services in Germany, making on average 40, 000 journeys per day. A special feature of Deutsche Bahn is its wide range of ticket types, savings offers including Super Saver, Saver, and Flexible fares and discount cards like the Bahncard 25, 50 and 100, which you can also use for your train to Sankt Gallen from Bielefeld. DB uses different types of trains such as the ICE (Intercity Express), IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn) on its routes, which differ in terms of comfort and the time required to travel. For example, while bathrooms are standard amenities, services like an onboard restaurant or free WiFi are only available on certain trains.
Bielefeld to Sankt Gallen train information with Deutsche Bahn:
National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance train company operating over 550 trains per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates train services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express trains have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most trains come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your train between Bielefeld and Sankt Gallen, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
National Express from Bielefeld to Sankt Gallen train information:
Travel between Bielefeld, Germany and Sankt Gallen, Switzerland by train is: Unrestricted.
International entry status: Entry is unrestricted for citizens and permanent residents of Germany
Conditions of entry:
When traveling in Switzerland, you must follow these COVID-19 safety rules:
The information above was last checked on 5/25/23. This can change before your date of travel so please review the latest COVID-19 travel safety regulations for your train between Bielefeld and Sankt Gallen before traveling.
The current restriction level for your return trip by train from Sankt Gallen to Bielefeld is: Unrestricted
Reentry to Germany is allowed for: Entry is unrestricted for citizens and permanent residents of Switzerland
What are the requirements?
The government of Germany has imposed these measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19:
Last checked on 5/25/23. We do our best to keep this information up to date, but regulations can change so please double check the latest COVID-19 travel safety regulations ahead of your train to Bielefeld from Sankt Gallen here.
Some of the Bielefeld train stations to Sankt Gallen you can start your journey from include Bielefeld Hbf, Bielefeld-Senne and Bielefeld Ost. Similarly, some of the arrival train stations in Sankt Gallen include St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Lagerstrasse/Bhf and St. Gallen, Poststrasse.
When traveling this route, Omio customers are departing most frequently from Bielefeld Hbf and arriving in St. Gallen.
Passengers board their train most frequently from Bielefeld Hbf and travel around 0.6 miles (993 m) from the city center to this train station.
Passengers traveling this route most often arrive at St. Gallen and need to travel approximately 0.6 miles (855 m) from the train station to the city center in Sankt Gallen.
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