There are 10 ways to get from Como to Essen by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or train (Eurostar)
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Como Lago to Saronnotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
5h 14m€44–190Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
9h 5m€175–317Bus
- Take the bus from Como to Basel SBBbus FlixBus 1524
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dusseldorf Central Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
12h 38mDrive 839.1 km
- Drive from Como to Essencar 839.1 km
7h 41m€130–187Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
5h 40m€84–260Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
6h 42m€150–453Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MXP - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 25m€79–254Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 54m€84–338Train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
9h 51m€161–546Train #2
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Re
10h 16m€291–860
Como to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Essen is to train and fly which costs €40 - €190 and takes 5h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Essen is to train and fly which takes 5h 14m and costs €40 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Como and arriving at Essen central train station via Basel, Bahnhof and Düsseldorf central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 38m.
No, there is no direct train from Como to Essen. However, there are services departing from Como S.Giovanni and arriving at Essen Hbf via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 5m.
The distance between Como and Essen is 733 km. The road distance is 839.1 km.
The best way to get from Como to Essen without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 9h 5m and costs €170 - €320.
It takes approximately 5h 14m to get from Como to Essen, including transfers.
Como to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Como station.
Como to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Como S.Giovanni station.
The best way to get from Como to Essen is to train via Mannheim which takes 9h 5m and costs €170 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 12h 38m.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Como S.Giovanni to Essen Hbf via Mannheim Hbf and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 9h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Como to Essen central train station via Basel SBB, Basel, Bahnhof, and Düsseldorf central bus station in around 12h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
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
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
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
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
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
- €70–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- 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
- €55–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como Lago to Saronno
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–170
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- 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 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 Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Como to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Dusseldorf Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
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Como to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Basel SBB station.
Como to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Mannheim Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Como to Essen is 839 km. It takes approximately 7h 41m to drive from Como to Essen.
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