There are 10 ways to get from Aachen to Merano by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Kufsteintrain 89 / ...
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Merantrain Re
12h 37m€162–437Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGNbus N79 / ...
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bolzano Southbus N537
15h 8m€58–105Train, night train
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Ulm Hbf to Bolzano Bozennighttrain Nj
15h 38m€108–352Drive 793.7 km
- Drive from Aachen to Meranocar 793.7 km
8h 3m€126–181Train
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Merantrain Re
16h 59m€77–195Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take a shuttle bus from Flughafen München to Merano
8h 51m€240–465Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take a shuttle bus from Flughafen München to Merano
9h 14mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport (BZO)plane DUS - BZO
7h 19mTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
8h 40m€195–465Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Merantrain
11h 36m
Aachen to Merano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aachen to Merano is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 15h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Aachen to Merano is to drive which takes 8h 3m and costs €120 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Aachen station to Merano. However, there are services departing from Aachen station west and arriving at Terme Merano via Cologne Airport CGN, Bolzano South and Merano-Maia Bassa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Aachen to Merano. However, there are services departing from Aachen Hbf and arriving at Merano Meran via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Brennero - Brenner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 37m.
The distance between Aachen and Merano is 964 km. The road distance is 793.7 km.
The best way to get from Aachen to Merano without a car is to train via Munich which takes 12h 37m and costs €160 - €440.
It takes approximately 12h 37m to get from Aachen to Merano, including transfers.
Aachen to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Aachen station west.
Aachen to Merano train services, operated by National Express, depart from Aachen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Aachen to Merano is to train via Munich which takes 12h 37m and costs €160 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 15h 8m.
What companies run services between Aachen, Germany and Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy?
You can take a train from Aachen Hbf to Merano Meran via Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, Kufstein, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Brennero - Brenner in around 12h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Aachen station west to Terme Merano via Cologne Airport CGN, Bolzano South, Meran, and Merano-Maia Bassa in around 15h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–420
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €19–28
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €16–24
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Ulm Hbf to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bolzano South
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Aachen station west to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Shuttle from Flughafen München to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
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Aachen to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Aachen to Merano train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Koeln Messe/Deutz station.
Yes, the driving distance between Aachen to Merano is 794 km. It takes approximately 8h 3m to drive from Aachen to Merano.
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