There are 7 ways to get from Europe to Springfield by train, plane, taxi, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 2m$430–1,318Train, 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 6m$329–1,202Train, 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
18h 40m$908–5,026Train, 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
19h 17m$358–1,230Train, 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 6mTrain, 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 51m$334–1,195Train, 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 35m$338–623
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 $330 - $650 and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Springfield is to train and fly which takes 17h 51m and costs $330 - $1,200.
The distance between Europe and Springfield is 4657 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 2m to get from Europe to Springfield, including transfers.
Springfield is 7h behind Europe. It is currently 2:02 AM in Europe and 7:02 PM in Springfield.
There are 52+ 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, 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, 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 4m
- 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 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Decatur Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 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
- $1,000–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- 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
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Peoria International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- 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
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- 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
- $30–55
- 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
- $27–40
- 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
- $15–45
- 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
Train from Chicago Union Station to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–80
- 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
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Estimated price
- $110–140
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