There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Vilnius by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane DUS - VNO
5h 53m$111–295Fly from Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane DTM - VNO
6h 40m$71–321Train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 95
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
19h 14m$191–809Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Kamentrain Re
- Take the train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the bus from Kassel to Kaunasbus
- Take the bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Vilniaus autobusų stotisbus
27h 39mDrive 1,511.2 km
- Drive from Essen to Vilniuscar 1,511.2 km
14h 25m$260–376Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane FRA - VNO
7h$165–515Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane AMS - VNO
8h 17m$139–498Bus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)bus N1387
28h 25m$160–270
Essen to Vilnius by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Vilnius is to fly which costs $70 - $330 and takes 6h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Vilnius is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $110 - $300.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Essen central train station station and arriving at Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22). Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 28h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Essen to Vilnius. However, there are services departing from Essen Hbf and arriving at Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis via S Spandau Bhf, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin and Warszawa Wschodnia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 14m.
The distance between Essen and Vilnius is 1332 km. The road distance is 1511.2 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Vilnius without a car is to train which takes 19h 14m and costs $190 - $850.
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Essen to Vilnius, including transfers.
Essen to Vilnius bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Essen central train station.
Essen to Vilnius train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Essen Hbf station.
The best way to get from Essen to Vilnius is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $110 - $300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $190 - $850 and takes 19h 14m, you could also bus, which costs $160 - $270 and takes 28h 25m.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Vilnius, Lithuania?
Air Baltic, LOT, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vilnius Airport (VNO) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Essen Hbf to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis via S Spandau Bhf, S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf, Rzepin, and Warszawa Wschodnia in around 19h 14m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Vilnius Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–280
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kamen to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- (+370 37) 34 24 40
- info@kautra.lt
- Website
- kautra.lt
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Vilniaus autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://www.kautra.lt/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.autobusubilietai.lt/en
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Vilniaus autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Vilniaus autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Vilniaus autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–29
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Essen to Vilnius bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) station.
Vilnius is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 1:12 AM in Essen and 2:12 AM in Vilnius.
Essen to Vilnius train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S Spandau Bhf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Vilnius is 1511 km. It takes approximately 14h 25m to drive from Essen to Vilnius.
Book your Essen to Vilnius bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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