There are 10 ways to get from Essen to Rimini by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane DUS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Riminitrain
5h 41m€85–269Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Riminitrain
6h 9m€74–316Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Riminitrain 89
14h 16m€111–286Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Essen to Kölnbus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train stationbus N84 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Riminibus
16h 12m€99–236Drive 1,212.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Riminicar 1,212.2 km
11h 8m€185–267Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane DUS - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Riminitrain
6h 48m€116–371Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Riminitrain
6h 41m€140–368Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane DUS - AOI
- Take the train from Falconara Marittima to Riminitrain
10h 4m€131–336Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Bologna Centralebus N537
- Take the bus from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop to Rimini Piazzale Cesare Battisti Bus Stopbus Shuttle Italy Airport 84 / ...
20h 15m€115–147Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Riminicar
11h 54m€170–1,102
Essen to Rimini by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Rimini is to bus which costs €110 - €150 and takes 20h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Rimini is to fly and train which takes 5h 41m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Rimini. However, there are services departing from Essen and arriving at Rimini via Cologne Airport CGN and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Rimini. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Rimini via München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 16m.
The distance between Essen and Rimini is 975 km. The road distance is 1212.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Rimini without a car is to train which takes 14h 16m and costs €110 - €290.
It takes approximately 5h 41m to get from Essen to Rimini, including transfers.
Essen to Rimini bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, depart from Essen station.
Essen to Rimini train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Rimini is to train which takes 14h 16m and costs €110 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus via Frankfurt am Main, which costs €95 - €240 and takes 16h 12m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Rimini, Italy?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to Rimini via München Hbf in around 14h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen to Rimini via Cologne Airport CGN, Frankfurt central train station, and Frankfurt in around 16h 12m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Falconara Marittima to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Falconara Marittima to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Falconara Marittima to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €31–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- 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 Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 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
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- 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 Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Essen to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Frankfurt to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +39 0541 60010
- info@shuttleriminibologna.it
- Website
- shuttleitalyairport.it
Bus from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bus Stop to Rimini Piazzale Cesare Battisti Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- shuttleitalyairport.it
- Standard Fare
- €30
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Rimini bus services, operated by Pavluks Trans, arrive at Köln station.
Essen to Rimini train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Rimini is 1212 km. It takes approximately 11h 8m to drive from Essen to Rimini.
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