There are 12 ways to get from Essen to Trieste by train, plane, car train, car, bus, night train, or shuttle
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane DUS - TRS
4h 52m€104–271Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Ljubljana bus stationbus N885
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus N907 / ...
18h 49m€53–94Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Triestecar
8h 16m€134–1,052Train, night train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Augsburg Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the night train from Augsburg Hbf to Udinenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Udine to Trieste Centraletrain Re
14h 41m€101–435Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane DUS - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
6h 58m€120–524Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane DUS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
6h 36m€105–504Train to Frankfurt, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FRA - TRS
5h 56m€127–346Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
6h 33m€138–489Train to Frankfurt, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane FRA - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
7h 31m€143–559Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
13h 59m€78–471Night train, train
- Take the night train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
15h 27m€135–658Drive 1,035.9 km
- Drive from Essen to Triestecar 1,035.9 km
10h 33m€157–227
Essen to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Trieste is to bus which costs €50 - €95 and takes 18h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Trieste is to train and fly which takes 4h 52m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Trieste via Ljubljana bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Augsburg Hbf and Udine. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 41m.
The distance between Essen and Trieste is 851 km. The road distance is 1035.9 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Trieste without a car is to bus which takes 18h 49m and costs €50 - €95.
It takes approximately 4h 52m to get from Essen to Trieste, including transfers.
Essen to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Trieste train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Trieste is to bus which takes 18h 49m and costs €50 - €95. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €75 - €480 and takes 13h 59m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a bus from Essen central train station to Trieste via Ljubljana bus station in around 18h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Trieste Centrale via München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Villach Hbf in around 13h 59m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €23–35
- Comfort
- €24–35
- Premium
- €40–55
- 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
Night train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- €95–180
- Compartment
- €360–600
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Augsburg Hbf to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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 Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Essen to Trieste train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Trieste is 1036 km. It takes approximately 10h 33m to drive from Essen to Trieste.
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