There are 9 ways to get from Essen to Davos by train, bus, night train, car, train (Eurostar), or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Landquarttrain Ic3 / ...
9h 42mCHF 103–244Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus stationbus N27 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train stationbus N76 / ...
- Take the bus from Lenzerheide/Lai, Post to Davos Platz, Bahnhofbus 183
16h 52mCHF 45–93Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Landquarttrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Landquart to Davos Platztrain Re2 / ...
13h 36mDrive 724.5 km
- Drive from Essen to Davoscar 724.5 km
7h 9mCHF 114–165Train via Zurich
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Landquarttrain Ice
- Take the train from Landquart to Davos Platztrain Re2 / ...
14h 56mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Landquarttrain
- Take the train from Landquart to Klosters Platztrain
- Take the train from Klosters Platz to Davos Platztrain
7h 4mTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Landquarttrain
7h 31mCHF 96–284Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train stationbus
9h 43mCHF 106–281Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Friedrichshafen Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH)plane DUS - FDH
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Landquarttrain
- Take the train from Landquart to Klosters Platztrain
- Take the train from Klosters Platz to Davos Platztrain
9h 3m
Essen to Davos by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Davos is to bus which costs SFr 45 - SFr 95 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Davos is to drive which takes 7h 9m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 170.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Davos. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Davos Platz, Bahnhof via Munich central bus station, Chur, Postautostation and Lenzerheide/Lai, Post. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Davos. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Davos Platz via Basel SBB, Landquart and Klosters Platz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 42m.
The distance between Essen and Davos is 807 km. The road distance is 724.5 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Davos without a car is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Essen to Davos, including transfers.
Essen to Davos bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Davos train services, operated by National Express, depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Davos is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 45 - SFr 95 and takes 16h 52m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Davos, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Davos Platz via Basel SBB, Landquart, and Klosters Platz in around 9h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Davos Platz, Bahnhof via Munich central bus station, Chur station train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Lenzerheide/Lai, Post in around 16h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–260
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Friedrichshafen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Landquart
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Landquart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 29–45
- Comfort
- CHF 30–45
- Premium
- CHF 45–65
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 30–45
- Comfort
- CHF 30–45
- Premium
- CHF 50–65
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 21–30
- Comfort
- CHF 22–30
- Premium
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 80–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 170–280
Train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–130
- 1st Class
- CHF 180–300
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–245
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 239–245
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Landquart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Landquart
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- Website
- rhb.ch
Train from Landquart to Davos Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.rhb.ch/en/
Train from Landquart to Klosters Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.rhb.ch/en/
Train from Klosters Platz to Davos Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.rhb.ch/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Landquart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–12
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- 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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Lenzerheide/Lai, Post to Davos Platz, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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Essen to Davos bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Essen to Davos train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Koeln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Davos is 725 km. It takes approximately 7h 9m to drive from Essen to Davos.
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