There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Mainau by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Eurostar)
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Baden-Badentrain 43
- Take the train from Baden-Baden to Konstanz-Petershausen Bahnhoftrain Re2
6h 49m€66–160Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhofbus N27
- Take the bus from Böblingen central bus station to Constance central bus stationbus N24 / ...
10h 58m€40–87Drive 568.1 km
- Drive from Essen to Mainaucar 568.1 km
5h 9m€80–115Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanztrain
5h 17m€84–269Train via Esslingen
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Esslingen(Neckar)train Ice
- Take the train from Esslingen to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain Re5
8h 34m€90–289Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Friedrichshafen Airport, line 7395 bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH)plane DUS - FDH
- Take the bus from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Unteruhldingen, Seeperlebus
4h 1mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FRA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanztrain
5h 16m€112–285Train 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 Flughafen to Konstanztrain
5h 44m€88–276Fly 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 Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
7h 16m€119–367Train to Frankfurt, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane FRA - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
6h 43m€152–286
Essen to Mainau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Mainau is to bus which costs €40 - €90 and takes 10h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Mainau is to drive which takes 5h 9m and costs €75 - €120.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Mainau. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Konstanz-Petershausen Bahnhof via Baden-Baden. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 49m.
The distance between Essen and Mainau is 621 km. The road distance is 568.1 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Mainau without a car is to train which takes 6h 49m and costs €65 - €160.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Essen to Mainau, including transfers.
Essen to Mainau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Mainau is to train which takes 6h 49m and costs €65 - €160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €90 and takes 10h 58m.
Essen to Mainau train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Baden-Baden station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Mainau is 568 km. It takes approximately 5h 9m to drive from Essen to Mainau.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Mainau, Germany?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Konstanz-Petershausen Bahnhof via Baden-Baden in around 6h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Constance central bus station via Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof, Vaihingen, Böblingen, and Böblingen central bus station in around 10h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
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
- €75–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
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
- 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
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Friedrichshafen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- 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 Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Baden-Baden to Konstanz-Petershausen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–21
- 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
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- 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
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–50
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €55–70
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Esslingen(Neckar)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €50–80
- 1st Class
- €110–190
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Esslingen to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–29
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.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 Stuttgart, Vaihingen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Böblingen central bus station to Constance central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Bus from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Unteruhldingen, Seeperle
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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