There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Samara by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane DUS - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
13h 22m₽20,981–72,016Fly Dortmund Airport to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane DTM - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
14h 37m₽9,758–31,723Bus
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratovbus
- Take the bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus stationbus 720
2d 12h₽19,876–45,212Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Gdansk Glownytrain 95
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 900 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samaratrain
2d 15h₽26,989–54,204Drive 3,361.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Samaracar 3,361.2 km
37h 6m₽44,472–64,237Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane CGN - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
13h 50m₽9,926–42,793Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kazan (KZN)plane DUS - KZN
- Take the bus from Kazan Stolichnyy Bus station to Samara Central Bus stationbus
22h 16m₽11,853–35,018Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane FRA - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
14h 26m₽13,946–39,531Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Szczecin, Bus Stationbus 157
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Ketrzyntrain Ic
- Drive from Markuzy to Cherniahovskcar
- Take the train from Cherniahovsk to Samaratrain
2d 19h₽25,379–52,714Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samaratrain 426Ч
2d 21h₽17,080–28,545Bus, train via Elbląg
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 900 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samaratrain
2d 22h₽17,442–29,094
Essen to Samara by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Samara is to fly and bus which costs RUB 9500 - RUB 32000 and takes 14h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Samara is to fly and bus which takes 13h 22m and costs RUB 21000 - RUB 75000.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen to Samara station. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Samara Central Bus station via Hanover, Minsk Central Bus Station, Salaryevo Bus Station and Saratov. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Essen and Samara is 2989 km. The road distance is 3361.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Samara without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 12h and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 46000.
It takes approximately 13h 22m to get from Essen to Samara, including transfers.
Essen to Samara bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Samara bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Hannover Hbf station.
Samara is 2h ahead of Essen. It is currently 3:50 PM in Essen and 5:50 PM in Samara.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Samara is 3361 km. It takes approximately 37h 6m to drive from Essen to Samara.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Samara, Russia?
You can take a bus from Essen Hbf to Samara Central Bus station via Hannover Hbf, Hanover, Minsk Central Bus Station, Salaryevo Bus Station, and Saratov in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–49,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–80,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–30,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–30,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–75,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–48,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–80,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–45,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–70,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–70,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–45,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–70,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–65,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–39,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–39,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kurumoch International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–55,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–75,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–31,000
- Website
- nordwindairlines.ru
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–70,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–19,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,800–4,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽4,200–9,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Ketrzyn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽21,000–31,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽5,500–7,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
Train from Cherniahovsk to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–9,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽21,000–30,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽5,000–7,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽6,500–9,500
- 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
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +7 (846) 224-25-55
- Website
- avokzal63.ru
Bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- avokzal63.ru
- Website
- tosamara.ru
Bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽178
- Schedules at
- tosamara.ru
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–2,300
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–30,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–7,500
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–3,300
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,000–2,200
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Kazan Stolichnyy Bus station to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽4,700–6,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Dortmund to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Szczecin, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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