There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Cork by train, plane, car, or car ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cork Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane FRA - ORK
8h 50m€151–439Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Corktrain
11h 58m€114–393Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Dunkirkcar
- Take the carferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Corkcar
32h 46m€547–791Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane HAJ - ORK
11hTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Cork Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane NUE - ORK
11h 44m€141–539
Frankfurt (FRA) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Cork is to train and fly which costs €110 - €400 and takes 11h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Cork is to train and fly which takes 8h 50m and costs €150 - €440.
The distance between Europe and Cork is 1421 km.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Europe to Cork, including transfers.
Cork is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 11:31 PM in Europe and 10:31 PM in Cork.
There are 315+ hotels available in Cork.
What companies run services between Europe and Cork, Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Cork. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Cork Airport (ORK), walk to Cork Airport, then take the line 225 bus to Cork Bus Stn. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Europe to Cork via Dunkirk and Rosslare Harbour in around 32h 46m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cork Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Heuston to Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €22–35
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €420–600
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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