There are 11 ways to get from Derby to Kassel by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe20 / ...
10h 37m€180–699Bus via Ghent
cheapest- Take the bus from Derby to Gent-DampoortMichalovce
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to KasselN1360b
19h 3m€57–80Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Derby to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kassel
9h 50mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)BHX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
6h 57m€124–312Train via Düsseldorf
- Take the train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
15h 28m€181–642Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kassel023 / ...
19h 30m€86–185Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Derby to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Kassel
10h 58m€183–269Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
7h 53m€127–340Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BHX - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
8h 43m€137–370Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Derby to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MAN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
9h 39m€135–428Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)BHX - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
10h 39m€133–430
Derby to Kassel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Derby to Kassel is to bus via Ghent which costs €55 - €80 and takes 19h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Derby to Kassel is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €120 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Derby station to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Kassel via LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Derby to Kassel. However, there are services departing from Derby and arriving at Kassel Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 37m.
The distance between Derby and Kassel is 1170 km.
The best way to get from Derby to Kassel without a car is to train which takes 10h 37m and costs €180 - €700.
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Derby to Kassel, including transfers.
Derby to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Derby to Kassel train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, depart from Derby station.
The best way to get from Derby to Kassel is to train which takes 10h 37m and costs €180 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus via Ghent, which costs €55 - €80 and takes 19h 3m.
What companies run services between Derby, England and Kassel, Germany?
You can take a train from Derby to Kassel Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 10h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Derby to Kassel Am Stern via Gent-Dampoort, Ghent Dampoort, Kassel, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 19h 3m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Derby to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Derby to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Derby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €14–23
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- 1st Class
- €120–210
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Derby to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kassel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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Derby to Kassel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Kassel is 1h ahead of Derby. It is currently 6:11 AM in Derby and 7:11 AM in Kassel.
Derby to Kassel train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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