There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Moldova by plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, train, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane DUS - RMO
6h 8m$92–344Fly Dortmund Airport to Chișinău International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane DTM - RMO
7h 5m$79–339Bus
- Take the bus from Südviertel, Essen to Lviv bus Stationbus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Lviv to Chișinău Autogara Nordbus Râmnicu Sărat-Lviv / ...
26h 10mTrain
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinautrain 402
46h 56m$498–798Drive 1,945.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Chișinăucar 1,945.4 km
21h 28m$321–463Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane FRA - RMO
7h 12m$135–358Fly Dortmund Airport to Iași International Airport, drive
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane DTM - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
6h 51m$155–519Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin to Chișinăubus
32h 41mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Köln to Iasi, Autogara Codreanubus
- Take the train from Iasi to Chisinautrain 402
39h 23mCar train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Chișinăucar
26h 22m$385–1,598
Essen to Moldova by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Moldova is to fly which costs $90 - $350 and takes 6h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Moldova is to fly which takes 6h 8m and costs $90 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Südviertel, Essen and arriving at bd. Decebal via Lviv, Gara Auto Nord and bd. D. Cantemir. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Chisinau via Köln Hbf, Wien Meidling, Ploieşti Vest and Ploiesti Sud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 56m.
The distance between Essen and Moldova is 1725 km. The road distance is 1945.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Moldova without a car is to bus which takes 26h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Essen to Moldova, including transfers.
Essen to Moldova bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Südviertel, Essen station.
Essen to Moldova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Moldova is to fly which takes 6h 8m and costs $90 - $350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 26h 10m, you could also train, which costs $490 - $800 and takes 46h 56m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Moldova?
HiSky, Fly One, and two other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Südviertel, Essen to bd. Decebal via Lviv bus Station, Lviv, Chișinău Autogara Nord, Gara Auto Nord, and bd. D. Cantemir in around 26h 10m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Iași International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $35–55
- Comfort
- $40–55
- Premium
- $60–80
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $35–55
- Comfort
- $40–60
- Premium
- $60–85
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $230–350
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- railway.md
Train from Iasi to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- 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
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Südviertel, Essen to Lviv bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Lviv to Chișinău Autogara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Berlin to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Iasi, Autogara Codreanu
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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Essen to Moldova bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Lviv bus Station.
Moldova is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 8:13 AM in Essen and 9:13 AM in Moldova.
Essen to Moldova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Moldova is 1945 km. It takes approximately 21h 28m to drive from Essen to Moldova.
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