There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf by plane, bus, train, night train, car, or car train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)OTP - DUS
5h 35m€148–333Bus, train via Aachen
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Essen HbfRe
17h 59m€47–125Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien HbfEc / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Essen HbfIce
30h 9m€169–289Night train, train
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien HbfNight Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Essen HbfIce
28h 38m€155–251Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)OTP - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
6h 26m€127–332Fly to Dortmund Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)OTP - DTM
6h 38m€120–370Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
7h 6m€163–355Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf43 / ...
24h 50m€155–164Bus via Ploieşti
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești3908 / ...
- Take the bus from Ploiești to Essen
30h 51m€77–217Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Essen central train station1925
36h 45m€160–220Drive 1,973.2 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Essen Hbf1,973.2 km
19h 17m€277–400Drive, car train
- Drive from Bucharest to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
20h 30m€299–1,289
Bucharest to Essen Hbf by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf is to bus and train via Aachen which costs €45 - €130 and takes 17h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs €140 - €340.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Essen central train station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Monday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 36h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Essen Hbf. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Essen Hbf via Budapest-Keleti and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 9m.
The distance between Bucharest and Essen Hbf is 1670 km. The road distance is 1973.2 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf without a car is to bus and train via Aachen which takes 17h 59m and costs €45 - €130.
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf, including transfers.
Bucharest to Essen Hbf bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Essen Hbf train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Essen Hbf is to fly which takes 5h 35m and costs €140 - €340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €160 - €290 and takes 30h 9m, you could also bus via Ploieşti, which costs €75 - €220 and takes 30h 51m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Essen Hbf, Germany?
Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Essen Hbf via Budapest-Keleti and Wien Hbf in around 30h 9m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €45–65
- Comfort
- €50–70
- Premium
- €70–95
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–60
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €138
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ploiești to Essen
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Ploiești to Essen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Essen Hbf bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ploiești station.
Essen Hbf is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 7:04 AM in Bucharest and 5:04 AM in Essen Hbf.
Bucharest to Essen Hbf train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Essen Hbf is 1973 km. It takes approximately 19h 17m to drive from Bucharest to Essen Hbf.
Book your Bucharest to Essen Hbf bus tickets online with FlixBus.
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