There are 7 ways to get from Europe to Springfield by train, plane, taxi, or bus
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Train, fly to Decatur Airport, taxi
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Decatur Airport (DEC)plane FRA - DEC
- Take the taxi from Decatur Airport (DEC) to Springfieldtaxi
18h 35m$425–1,316Train, fly to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI)plane FRA - BMI
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfieldtrain
21h 22m$324–1,200Train, fly to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane FRA - STL
- Take the train from St. Louis to Springfieldtrain
19h 7m$606–1,834Train, fly to Peoria International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Peoria International Airport (PIA)plane FRA - PIA
- Take the bus from Peoria Amtrak Station to Springfieldbus
21h 45mTrain, fly to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI)plane FRA - SPI
17h 33m$409–1,493Train, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- 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 train from Chicago Union Station to Springfieldtrain
19h 47m$327–891Train, fly to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)plane FRA - CMI
- Take the bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Springfield SMTD Transfer Centerbus
20h 50m$352–1,228
Frankfurt (FRA) to Decatur Airport (DEC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Springfield is to train and fly which costs $320 - $900 and takes 19h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Springfield is to train and fly which takes 17h 33m and costs $400 - $1,500.
The distance between Europe and Springfield is 4657 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 35m to get from Europe to Springfield, including transfers.
Springfield is 7h behind Europe. It is currently 12:27 AM in Europe and 5:27 PM in Springfield.
There are 46+ hotels available in Springfield.
What companies run services between Europe and Springfield, IL, USA?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Springfield. 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, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Decatur Airport (DEC), then take the taxi to Springfield. 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, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL), walk to LAMBERT AIRPORT TERMINAL #1 station, take the train to CIVIC CENTER station, walk to St. Louis, then take the train to Springfield.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Louis to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–23
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Peoria Amtrak Station to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Springfield SMTD Transfer Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Estimated price
- $110–140
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