There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Lison by train (Eurostar), bus, train, 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 via Paris
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris NordThalys
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Lison3311 / ...
7h 43m€136–349Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station081
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen712
- Take the train from Caen to LisonTer
12h 45m€59–129Drive 742.1 km
- Drive from Essen to Lison742.1 km
7h 12m€114–164Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)DUS - CDG
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Lison
7h 38m€163–385Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Paris NordTha
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Lison3311 / ...
8h 7m€136–351Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Caen – Carpiquet Airport (CFR)DUS - CFR
- Take the train from Caen to Lison
11h 16m€150–510Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)DUS - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Lison
10h 39m€194–551Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)AMS - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Lison
10h 55m€202–632
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Lison is to bus and train which costs €55 - €130 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Lison is to drive which takes 7h 12m and costs €110 - €170.
The distance between Essen and Lison is 911 km. The road distance is 742.1 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Lison without a car is to train via Paris which takes 7h 43m and costs €130 - €350.
It takes approximately 7h 43m to get from Essen to Lison, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Lison is 742 km. It takes approximately 7h 12m to drive from Essen to Lison.
There are 446+ hotels available in Lison.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Lison, Normandy, France?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Lison via Paris Nord, Magenta, Haussmann Saint-Lazare, Paris St Lazare, and Lison in around 7h 43m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Frankfurt, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Munich, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Caen – Carpiquet Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Caen to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Rennes to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- 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
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €29–50
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
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 Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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