There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Poprad by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Košice International Airport, train
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Košice International Airport (KSC)plane DUS - KSC
- Take the train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatrytrain
8h 40m€100–350Bus via Katowice
cheapest- Take the bus from Gelsenkirchen to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N1361
- Take the bus from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa to Popradbus N1365
22h 28m€81–137Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Berlin-Spandau to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Poprad-Tatrytrain Ic
16h 34m€177–270Bus
- Take the bus from Essen to Krakowbus Kyiv-Hasselt / ...
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Popradbus N986 / ...
20h 13m€84–142Night train, train
- Take the night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Re
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatrytrain 505 / ...
19h 4m€113–334Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DUS - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Popradbus
9h 25m€134–345Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest Airport to Košice
- Take the train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatrytrain
10h 7m€114–342Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane DUS - VIE
- Take the bus from Flughafen Wien to Bratislava Main Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatrytrain
10h 31m€97–284Train to Frankfurt, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Popradbus
10h 30m€187–344Drive 1,189.4 km
- Drive from Essen to Popradcar 1,189.4 km
11h 25m€176–253Drive, car train
- Drive from Essen to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Popradcar
12h 27m€235–338
Essen to Poprad by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Poprad is to bus via Katowice which costs €80 - €140 and takes 22h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Poprad is to fly and train which takes 8h 40m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Poprad. However, there are services departing from Essen and arriving at Poprad via Krakow, MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Poprad. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Poprad-Tatry via Berlin-Spandau and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 34m.
The distance between Essen and Poprad is 1231 km. The road distance is 1189.4 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Poprad without a car is to train which takes 16h 34m and costs €170 - €270.
It takes approximately 8h 40m to get from Essen to Poprad, including transfers.
Essen to Poprad bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, depart from Essen station.
Essen to Poprad train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Poprad is to train which takes 16h 34m and costs €170 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €150 and takes 20h 13m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Poprad, Slovakia?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Poprad-Tatry via Berlin-Spandau and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi in around 16h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen to Poprad via Krakow, MDA Bus Station in around 20h 13m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Košice International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Košice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Kosice to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €8–13
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €48–54
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Berlin-Spandau to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- €35–55
- Business
- €45–65
- Economy Plus
- €45–65
- Premium
- €50–65
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Poprad-Tatry
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
- 1st Class
- €55–75
- Business
- €60–70
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Essen Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €160–190
- Seating Carriage
- €80–110
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–27
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Essen to Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen to Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Gelsenkirchen to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest Airport to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- staznosti@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Flughafen Wien to Bratislava Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Poprad bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, arrive at Krakow station.
Essen to Poprad train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Poprad is 1189 km. It takes approximately 11h 25m to drive from Essen to Poprad.
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