There are 9 ways to get from Essen to St. Moritz by train, bus, night train, car, train (Eurostar), or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Basel SBB43
- Take the train from Basel SBB to ChurIc3 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to St. MoritzGex / ...
10h 37mCHF 122–314Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus station037 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train stationN76 / ...
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to St. Moritz, Bahnhof182
17h 45mCHF 51–103Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf41 / ...
- Take the night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Zuerich HbNj
- Take the train from Zürich HB to ChurIc3 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to St. MoritzGex / ...
14h 2mCHF 117–382Drive 770.8 km
- Drive from Essen to St. Moritz770.8 km
7h 50mCHF 123–177Train via Zurich
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln HbfRe
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Take the train from Zürich HB to ChurIc3 / ...
- Take the train from Chur to St. MoritzGex / ...
14h 19mCHF 157–478Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Chur
- Take the train from Chur to St. Moritz
7h 53mCHF 131–343Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Chur
- Take the train from Chur to St. Moritz
8h 26mCHF 139–366Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Colico
- Take the bus from Chiavenna, Stazione to St. Moritz, Bahnhof
10h 21mCHF 88–281Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Colico
- Take the bus from Chiavenna, Stazione to St. Moritz, Bahnhof
10h 54mCHF 56–252
Essen to St. Moritz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to St. Moritz is to bus which costs SFr 50 - SFr 110 and takes 17h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to St. Moritz is to drive which takes 7h 50m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 180.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to St. Moritz. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at St. Moritz, Bahnhof via Munich central bus station and Chur, Postautostation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to St. Moritz. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at St. Moritz via Basel SBB and Chur. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 37m.
The distance between Essen and St. Moritz is 861 km. The road distance is 770.8 km.
The best way to get from Essen to St. Moritz without a car is to train which takes 10h 37m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 320.
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Essen to St. Moritz, including transfers.
Essen to St. Moritz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to St. Moritz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to St. Moritz is to train which takes 10h 37m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 50 - SFr 110 and takes 17h 45m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and St. Moritz, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Essen Hbf to St. Moritz via Basel SBB and Chur in around 10h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to St. Moritz, Bahnhof via Munich central bus station, Chur station train station, and Chur, Postautostation in around 17h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- 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 70–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chur to St. Moritz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- Website
- rhb.ch
Train from Chur to St. Moritz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.rhb.ch/en/home
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- 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
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–246
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 241–246
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 130–150
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Chur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 30–45
- Comfort
- CHF 30–45
- Premium
- CHF 45–65
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- CHF 30–45
- Comfort
- CHF 30–45
- Premium
- CHF 45–65
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–130
- 1st Class
- CHF 180–310
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Monza to Colico
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Colico
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Chur station train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to St. Moritz, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
Bus from Chiavenna, Stazione to St. Moritz, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to St. Moritz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Essen to St. Moritz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to St. Moritz is 771 km. It takes approximately 7h 50m to drive from Essen to St. Moritz.
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