There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Brno by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj / ...
11h 40mKč 2,358–6,390Bus via Prague
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N23 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brnobus 850 / ...
13h 1mKč 992–1,609Night train, train
- Take the night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj / ...
15h 31mKč 2,301–7,693Drive 846.7 km
- Drive from Essen to Brnocar 846.7 km
8h 8mKč 3,092–4,466Bus
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádražíbus Ivano-Frankivsk
23h 33mFly Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane DUS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 2mKč 2,326–7,410Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane DUS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 28mKč 2,064–6,890Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
7h 30mKč 2,145–7,381Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 2mKč 2,700–7,520Train to Frankfurt, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane FRA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 22mKč 2,538–7,300Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane DUS - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
10h 22mKč 2,958–12,480
Essen to Brno by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Brno is to bus via Prague which costs 950 Kč - 1 700 Kč and takes 13h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Brno is to fly and train which takes 7h 2m and costs 2 300 Kč - 7 500 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Brno. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Brno via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Brno. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Brno Hlavni Nadrazi via Berlin-Spandau and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 40m.
The distance between Essen and Brno is 1116 km. The road distance is 846.7 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Brno without a car is to train which takes 11h 40m and costs 2 300 Kč - 6 500 Kč.
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Essen to Brno, including transfers.
Essen to Brno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Brno train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Brno is to train which takes 11h 40m and costs 2 300 Kč - 6 500 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs 950 Kč - 1 700 Kč and takes 13h 1m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Brno, Czechia?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi via Berlin-Spandau and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi in around 11h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Brno via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 13h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–4,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,000–10,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,600–14,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–7,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–4,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–8,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–4,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–3,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–3,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–4,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–9,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–6,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–7,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 430–1,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,600
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 280–390
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 150–410
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–390
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–1,600
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–650
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–6,800
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Kč 6,300–6,800
- Couchette Carriage
- Kč 4,000–4,600
- Seating Carriage
- Kč 2,000–2,500
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Kč 600–950
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–1,200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Kč 800–1,200
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 370–550
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–650
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 850–2,100
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- Kč 850–1,300
- First Class
- Kč 1,600–2,100
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 290–390
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 320–750
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- Kč 320–470
- Regional Train Ticket
- Kč 430–490
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- Kč 650–750
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–1,100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 190–320
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Essen central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 200–310
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Brno Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Brno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Essen to Brno train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Brno is 847 km. It takes approximately 8h 8m to drive from Essen to Brno.
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