There are 10 ways to get from Dortmund to Milan by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport
best- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
4h 40m€79–279Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N07
14h€35–70Train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovannitrain S10 / ...
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibalditrain S11
10h 58m€106–281Drive 877.8 km
- Drive from Dortmund to Milancar 877.8 km
8h 8m€134–194Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
5h 25m€44–202Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
5h 36m€64–223Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
6h€76–280Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
5h 49m€72–309Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane FRA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
6h 26m€92–256Bus via Mannheim
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Mannheim, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Milanbus MarinoBus 254 / ...
18h 50m
Dortmund to Milan by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund to Milan is to bus which costs €35 - €70 and takes 14h.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund to Milan is to train and fly which takes 4h 40m and costs €75 - €280.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Dortmund central bus station station and arriving at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Dortmund to Milan. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Hbf and arriving at Milano Porta Garibaldi via Basel SBB, Bellinzona and Como S.Giovanni. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 58m.
The distance between Dortmund and Milan is 750 km. The road distance is 877.8 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Milan without a car is to train which takes 10h 58m and costs €100 - €290.
It takes approximately 4h 40m to get from Dortmund to Milan, including transfers.
Dortmund to Milan bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dortmund central bus station.
Dortmund to Milan train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dortmund Hbf station.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Milan is to train which takes 10h 58m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €70 and takes 14h.
What companies run services between Dortmund, Germany and Milan, Italy?
You can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Milano Porta Garibaldi via Basel SBB, Bellinzona, and Como S.Giovanni in around 10h 58m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Dortmund central bus station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano once daily. Tickets cost €35–70 and the journey takes 14h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–50
- Comfort
- €35–55
- Premium
- €55–75
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Bellinzona to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Dortmund to Mannheim, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Dortmund to Milan bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Dortmund to Milan train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dortmund to Milan is 878 km. It takes approximately 8h 8m to drive from Dortmund to Milan.
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