There are 10 ways to get from Chur to Essen by train (Eurostar), car, train, plane, or bus
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Train
best- Take the train from Chur to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
7h 21m€258–735Bus, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
8h 56m€60–206Drive 678.3 km
- Drive from Chur to Essencar 678.3 km
7h 3m€117–169Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Chur to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
5h 21m€115–308Train via Basel
- Take the train from Chur to Basel SBBtrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
8h€127–460Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sargans, Bahnhof to Feldkirch, Bahnhofbus 11
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Essen Hbftrain Ice
10h 41mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Chur to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 26m€125–312Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Chur to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
6h 36m€162–376Train to Friedrichshafen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Fly from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FDH - DUS
6h 10m€186–438Bus, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus
- Take the train from Lugano to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
9h 7m€98–351
Chur to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chur to Essen is to bus and train and fly which costs €60 - €210 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Chur to Essen is to train and fly which takes 5h 21m and costs €110 - €310.
No, there is no direct train from Chur to Essen. However, there are services departing from Chur and arriving at Essen Hbf via Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 21m.
The distance between Chur and Essen is 772 km. The road distance is 678.3 km.
The best way to get from Chur to Essen without a car is to train which takes 7h 21m and costs €250 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Chur to Essen, including transfers.
Chur to Essen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Chur station.
Chur to Essen train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chur to Essen is 678 km. It takes approximately 7h 3m to drive from Chur to Essen.
Book your Chur to Essen train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Chur, Grisons, Switzerland and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Chur to Essen Hbf via Köln Hbf in around 7h 21m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Chur to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Feldkirch to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–21
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Bellinzona to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Lugano to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +423 237 94 94
- support@liemobil.li
- Website
- liemobil.li
Bus from Sargans, Bahnhof to Feldkirch, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://liemobil.li/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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