There are 5 ways to get from Colombo to Essen Hbf by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CMB - DUS
13h 53m€412–2,150Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CMB - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
16h 37m€328–1,388Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CMB - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
13h 4m€399–3,239Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CMB - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
15h 34m€542–2,175Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CMB - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
17h 53m€372–1,874
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Essen Hbf is to fly and train which costs €320 - €1400 and takes 16h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Essen Hbf is to fly and train which takes 13h 4m and costs €390 - €3300.
The distance between Colombo and Essen Hbf is 8285 km.
It takes approximately 13h 53m to get from Colombo to Essen Hbf, including transfers.
Essen Hbf is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 10:01 PM in Colombo and 5:31 PM in Essen Hbf.
There are 2548+ hotels available in Essen Hbf.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Essen Hbf, Germany?
SriLankan Airlines, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–2,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–2,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €300–2,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–470
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–2,200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- 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 Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- 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
- €25–45
- 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
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