There are 12 ways to get from Dortmund to Rab by train, plane, ferry, bus, night train, or shuttle
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
best- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane DUS - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
9h 6m€170–433Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Rijeka bus stationbus N261
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry 9309
25h 24m€87–208Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 43
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
19h 32m€122–170Train, bus, ferry via Vienna
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus stationbus 406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
24h 15m€242–659Train, night train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Siegen Hbftrain 34
- Take the night train from Siegen Hbf to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus stationbus 944
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
19h 49m€134–667Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle, line 9309 ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CGN - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rabferry
10h 28m€157–498Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane FMO - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
10h 52m€137–523Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 42m€166–347Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 57m€198–562Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane CGN - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
9h 36m€169–591Fly Weeze Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane NRN - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 40m€112–373Bus, ferry via Zagreb
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Rijekabus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
28h 21m
Dortmund to Rab by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund to Rab is to train and bus and ferry which costs €120 - €170 and takes 19h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund to Rab is to train and fly and ferry which takes 9h 6m and costs €170 - €440.
The distance between Dortmund and Rab is 1061 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Rab without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 19h 32m and costs €120 - €170.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Dortmund to Rab, including transfers.
There are 3674+ hotels available in Rab.
What companies run services between Dortmund, Germany and Rab, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Dortmund to Rab. However, you can take the train to Duesseldorf Flughafen, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Rijeka Airport (RJK), walk to Rijeka Airport, take the shuttle to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Rab. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Rab via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Karlsruhe central train station, Rijeka bus station, and Rijeka in around 19h 32m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Weeze Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- 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
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Siegen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–38
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–56
- 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/
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- 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
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Siegen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- 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
- Once 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €140–220
- 1st Class
- €310–550
Train from Wien Meidling to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €85–130
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Siegen Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- €95–180
- Compartment
- €360–600
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–31
- Private
- €55–110
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dortmund to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €5–7
Ferry from Novalja to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–4
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