There are 8 ways to get from Herning to Essen by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Herning St. to Vejle St.train 030
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
9h 55m€111–400Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Herning St. to Vejle St.train 030
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Essen central train stationbus N74
12h 55m€71–125Drive 673.8 km
- Drive from Herning to Essencar 673.8 km
5h 55m€121–175Train to Billund Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Herning St. to Give St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLL - DUS
7h 20m€129–338Train to Billund Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Herning St. to Give St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
7h 16m€186–528Train to Billund Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Herning St. to Give St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BLL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
7h 49m€165–470Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Herning St. to Vejle St.train
- Take the train from Vejle St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
8h 22m€163–417Fly Midtjyllands Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Midtjyllands Airport (KRP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRP - DUS
6h 15m€243–820
Herning to Essen by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Herning to Essen is to train and bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 12h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Herning to Essen is to drive which takes 5h 55m and costs €120 - €180.
No, there is no direct train from Herning to Essen. However, there are services departing from Herning St. and arriving at Essen Hbf via Kolding St. and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 55m.
The distance between Herning and Essen is 739 km. The road distance is 673.8 km.
The best way to get from Herning to Essen without a car is to train which takes 9h 55m and costs €110 - €400.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from Herning to Essen, including transfers.
Herning to Essen train services, operated by GoCollective, depart from Herning St. station.
The best way to get from Herning to Essen is to train which takes 9h 55m and costs €110 - €400. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €240 - €850 and takes 6h 15m.
Herning to Essen train services, operated by GoCollective, arrive at Vejle St. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Herning to Essen is 674 km. It takes approximately 5h 55m to drive from Herning to Essen.
What companies run services between Herning, Denmark and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Herning St. to Essen Hbf via Vejle St., Vejle Trafikcenter, Kolding Busterminal, Kolding St., and Hamburg Hbf in around 9h 55m. Alternatively, Air Alsie, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Midtjyllands Airport (KRP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Midtjyllands Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Midtjyllands Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Billund Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–350
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Midtjyllands Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Billund Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Midtjyllands Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Phone
- +45 72 30 25 00
- kommunikation.afd@gocollective.dk
- Website
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- gocollective.dk
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Herning St. to Give St.
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Herning St. to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Vejle St. to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kolding bus station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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