There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Solothurn by train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB43
6h 17mCHF 61–158Drive 612.9 km
- Drive from Essen to Solothurn612.9 km
5h 12mCHF 100–144Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Solothurn
5h 19mCHF 97–275Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln-EhrenfeldRe
- Take the train from Köln-Ehrenfeld to Basel SBBNightjet
10h 18mCHF 106–329Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)FRA - BSL
5h 33mCHF 157–367Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Basel (BSL)DUS - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Take the train from Olten to Solothurn
7h 8mCHF 119–323Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Solothurn
5h 46mCHF 101–271Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)AMS - BSL
7h 52mCHF 114–337
Essen to Solothurn by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Solothurn is to train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 160 and takes 6h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Solothurn is to drive which takes 5h 12m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 150.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Solothurn. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Solothurn via Basel SBB and Olten. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 17m.
The distance between Essen and Solothurn is 649 km. The road distance is 612.9 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Solothurn without a car is to train which takes 6h 17m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 160.
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Essen to Solothurn, including transfers.
Essen to Solothurn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
Essen to Solothurn train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Solothurn is 613 km. It takes approximately 5h 12m to drive from Essen to Solothurn.
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What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB every 4 hours. Tickets cost CHF 40–120 and the journey takes 4h 48m.
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Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–190
Train operators
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Solothurn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Solothurn
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–11
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln-Ehrenfeld to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 75–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 160–270
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 14–22
- 1st Class
- CHF 27–45
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 16–24
- 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 21–30
- Comfort
- CHF 22–30
- Premium
- CHF 35–50
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–13
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
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