There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Hungary by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
4h 50mFt 32,314–86,575Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DTM - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Zuglotrain
5h 49mFt 22,498–85,310Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Rjx
14h 1mFt 65,310–166,386Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Budapest Déli train stationbus N161
19h 50mFt 38,000–60,000Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
17h 10mFt 36,191–78,355Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CGN - BUD
5h 44mFt 32,798–90,379Fly 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 Gyoertrain
6h 11mFt 34,544–114,505Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Gyoertrain
7h 5mFt 30,028–108,309Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Budapestcar
17h 8mFt 80,395–107,238Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Stationbus
21h 30mFt 39,559–69,359Drive 1,165.8 km
- Drive from Essen to Budapestcar 1,165.8 km
10h 59mFt 65,957–95,271
Essen to Hungary by train and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Hungary is to train and fly which costs 22 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft and takes 5h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Hungary is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs 32 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Essen central train station station and arriving at Budapest Déli train station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 19h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Hungary. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Clark Ádám tér via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Kelenföld vasútállomás M. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 1m.
The distance between Essen and Hungary is 1055 km. The road distance is 1165.8 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Hungary without a car is to train which takes 14h 1m and costs 65 000 Ft - 170 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 4h 50m to get from Essen to Hungary, including transfers.
Essen to Hungary bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Hungary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Hungary is to fly which takes 4h 50m and costs 32 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 65 000 Ft - 170 000 Ft and takes 14h 1m, you could also bus, which costs 38 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 19h 50m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Hungary?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Clark Ádám tér via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, and Kelenföld vasútállomás M in around 14h 1m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–100,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–75,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–120,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–110,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–90,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–75,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–65,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–65,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–75,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–11,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–80,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–13,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–4,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–13,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–35,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–45,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,300–2,700
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- *
- Ft 27,000–41,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- *
- Ft 8,000–12,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- *
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–55,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–25,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–12,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–12,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–55,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 42,000–55,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 32,000–37,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 21,000–26,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–15,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–15,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–3,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Gyoer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–3,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,900–8,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–4,900
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 950–1,400
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Zuglo
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 320–370
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–42,000
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to Budapest Déli train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 38,000–60,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–30,000
- Website
- Citylines
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Booking & Getting There
Essen to Hungary bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest Déli train station.
Essen to Hungary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Hungary is 1166 km. It takes approximately 10h 59m to drive from Essen to Hungary.
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