There are 9 ways to get from Essen to Kaliningrad by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Tczewtrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Tczew to Elblagtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
15h 29m₽10,079–23,787Fly Dortmund Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane DTM - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
9h 59m₽8,843–27,631Bus
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
21h 21m₽11,743–20,631Drive 1,101.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Kaliningradcar 1,101.3 km
12h 47m₽14,238–20,566Bus via Elbląg
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Stationbus N1387
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
22h 30m₽11,651–17,442Train to Frankfurt, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane FRA - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
10h 15m₽15,350–33,676Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane AMS - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
11h 39m₽14,015–38,137Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane EIN - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
11h 35m₽10,375–33,082Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane DUS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Malborktrain
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
12h 35m₽14,483–36,635
Essen to Kaliningrad by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad is to fly and bus which costs RUB 8500 - RUB 28000 and takes 9h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad is to fly and bus which takes 9h 59m and costs RUB 8500 - RUB 28000.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Kaliningrad station. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Kaliningrad Bus station via Elbląg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
The distance between Essen and Kaliningrad is 1182 km. The road distance is 1101.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Kaliningrad without a car is to train and bus which takes 15h 29m and costs RUB 10000 - RUB 24000.
It takes approximately 15h 29m to get from Essen to Kaliningrad, including transfers.
Essen to Kaliningrad bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Kaliningrad bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Elblag, Bus Station.
Kaliningrad is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 4:32 PM in Essen and 5:32 PM in Kaliningrad.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Kaliningrad is 1101 km. It takes approximately 12h 47m to drive from Essen to Kaliningrad.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Kaliningrad, Russia?
Kaliningrad Bus Terminal operates a bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station 4 times a week. Tickets cost ₽11,000–16,000 and the journey takes 20h.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–19,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–32,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–21,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–18,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–18,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–18,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–26,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–31,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽3,600–14,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–17,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–18,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–10,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,800–4,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–8,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–4,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Tczew
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₽1,400–2,100
- 1st Class
- ₽1,900–2,400
Train from Tczew to Elblag
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,589–1,591
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Malbork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,900–4,300
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Tczew to Elblag
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽290–410
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–4,400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₽1,400–2,100
- 1st Class
- ₽2,600–4,400
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–4,800
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- ₽1,500–2,300
- 1st Class
- ₽2,900–4,800
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,050–1,200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–1,900
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Viersen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,100–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,300–6,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–16,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
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 Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–12,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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