There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Hallstatt by train, night train, bus, car, plane, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Attnang-Puchheimtrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain Re
11h 7m€67–220Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the bus from Salzburg Hbf to Bad Ischl Bahnhofbus 150 / ...
11h 11m€61–220Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Essen Hbf to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Salzburg Hbf to Bad Ischl Bahnhofbus 150 / ...
13h 17m€80–294Drive 814.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Hallstattcar 814.3 km
7h 35m€129–186Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
7h 41m€100–334Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Hallstattcar
6h 43m€146–194Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
8h 45m€141–361Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
9h 13m€145–398Train to Frankfurt, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
8h 40m€168–419Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane FMO - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
10h 7m€176–377Fly 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 Flughafen Wien to Attnang-Puchheimtrain
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatttrain
9h 43m€106–358
Essen to Hallstatt by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Hallstatt is to train which costs €65 - €220 and takes 11h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Hallstatt is to drive and car train which takes 6h 43m and costs €140 - €200.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Hallstatt. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Hallstatt via München Hbf and Attnang-Puchheim. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 7m.
The distance between Essen and Hallstatt is 935 km. The road distance is 814.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Hallstatt without a car is to train which takes 11h 7m and costs €65 - €220.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Essen to Hallstatt, including transfers.
Essen to Hallstatt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Hallstatt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Hallstatt is 814 km. It takes approximately 7h 35m to drive from Essen to Hallstatt.
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What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Hallstatt, Austria?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Hallstatt via München Hbf and Attnang-Puchheim in around 11h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- 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
- €40–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–360
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €14–21
- First Class
- €27–35
Train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–14
Train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €15–19
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Ostbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Hallstatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Essen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–85
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €16–24
Train from Flughafen Wien to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0662 632900
- office@salzburg-verkehr.at
- Website
- salzburg-verkehr.at
Bus from Salzburg Hbf to Bad Ischl Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://salzburg-verkehr.at/en/
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