There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Sumatra by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Simpang Tiga Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU)plane FRA - PKU
19h 14mRp 11,653,839–33,594,380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane FRA - KUL
- Take the bus from Klia to Malacca Mahkota Medical Centrebus
- Take the ferry from Melaka to Dumaiferry
23h 34mRp 6,613,839–38,324,380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Minangkabau International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Minangkabau International Airport (PDG)plane FRA - PDG
23h 49mRp 10,653,839–31,594,380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (PLM)plane FRA - PLM
23h 9mRp 12,653,839–47,594,380Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Simpang Tiga Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU)plane MUC - PKU
25h 13mRp 12,360,238–27,942,867
Frankfurt (FRA) to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Sumatra is to train and fly and bus and ferry which costs Rp6500000 - Rp39000000 and takes 23h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Sumatra is to train and fly which takes 19h 14m and costs Rp11000000 - Rp34000000.
The distance between Europe and Sumatra is 10360 km.
It takes approximately 19h 14m to get from Europe to Sumatra, including transfers.
Sumatra is 5h ahead of Europe. It is currently 10:58 AM in Europe and 3:58 PM in Sumatra.
What companies run services between Europe and Sumatra, Indonesia?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Sumatra. 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, then fly to Simpang Tiga Airport (PKU). 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, then fly to Minangkabau International Airport (PDG).
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Simpang Tiga Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 11,000,000–80,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Minangkabau International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- Rp 10,000,000–75,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Rp 10,000,000–75,000,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 11,000,000–85,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 7,000,000–55,000,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Simpang Tiga Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 11,000,000–32,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Simpang Tiga Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 15,000,000–47,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Minangkabau International Airport via Phuket, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 10,000,000–30,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Minangkabau International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 14,000,000–44,000,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 9,000,000–24,000,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 13,000,000–37,000,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Rp 11,000,000–34,000,000
- Website
- superairjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Simpang Tiga Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rp 12,000,000–47,000,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Simpang Tiga Airport via Doha, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Rp 11,000,000–34,000,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Rp 8,000,000–30,000,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 7,000,000–55,000,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Rp 9,500,000–30,000,000
- 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
- Rp 550,000–1,300,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Rp 350,000–850,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Rp 1,000,000–2,500,000
- 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
- Rp 650,000–950,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Rp 250,000–360,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 600,000–1,400,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +65 6396 5681
- CustomerService@starmartbus.com
- Website
- starmartbus.com
Bus from Klia to Malacca Mahkota Medical Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Rp 110,000–180,000
- Book at
- https://www.omio.com/companies/buses/starmart-express-7ne0r
- Website
- https://www.starmartbus.com/
- Phone
- +62 853-7567-0000
- indomal_dumai@yahoo.com
- Website
- indomalfastferry.com
Ferry from Melaka to Dumai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 550,000
- Schedules at
- indomalfastferry.com
- Phone
- 06-2832506
- tunasrupat@hotmail.com
Ferry from Melaka to Dumai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Rp 350,000
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