There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Madison by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane FRA - MSN
17h 6m$588–1,195Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane FRA - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
18h 19m$381–658Train to Frankfurt, fly to General Mitchell International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane FRA - MKE
- Take the bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
19h 11m$797–1,613Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane HAJ - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
21h 10mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane FRA - MSP
- Take the bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madisonbus
21h 15m$442–1,156
Frankfurt (FRA) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Madison is to train and fly and bus which costs $380 - $700 and takes 18h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Madison is to train and fly which takes 17h 6m and costs $550 - $1,200.
The distance between Europe and Madison is 4476 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 6m to get from Europe to Madison, including transfers.
Madison is 7h behind Europe. It is currently 2:24 PM in Europe and 7:24 AM in Madison.
There are 210+ hotels available in Madison.
What companies run services between Europe and Madison, WI, USA?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Madison. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk 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 Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN), walk to Airport at Terminal Door 6, then take the bus to E Gorham at N Blair. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk 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 Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), walk to O'Hare International Terminal 2, take the shuttle to Multi-Modal Facility, walk to Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility, then take the bus to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 4m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to General Mitchell International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
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