There are 11 ways to get from Modena to Essen by plane, car, car train, bus, night train, train, or train (Trenitalia)
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Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BLQ - DUS
4h 56m€86–547Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Modena - Autostazione to Bologna - Autostazione
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train stationN537
19h 26m€72–143Drive, car train
- Drive from Modena to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
11h 35m€169–1,101Night train, train
- Take the night train from Modena to Muenchen HbfEn
- Take the train from München Hbf to Essen Hbf41 / ...
17h 46m€206–369Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
5h 54m€93–590Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)FLR - DUS
6h 8m€97–610Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia to Milan Rogoredo
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LIN - DUS
6h 22m€125–618Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
6h 50m€156–639Train
- Take the train from Modena to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe HbfEc
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf43
12h 46m€175–381Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Modena Terminal Gottardi to Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse
- Take the night train from Zürich HB to Bonn-BeuelNj
- Take the train from Koeln-Ehrenfeld to Essen HbfRe
19h 16m€215–446Drive 1,056.2 km
- Drive from Modena to Essen1,056.2 km
9h 46m€166–239
Modena to Essen by night train and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modena to Essen is to bus which costs €70 - €150 and takes 19h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Modena to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €85 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Modena to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Modena - Autostazione and arriving at Essen central train station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Modena to Essen. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Essen Hbf via München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 46m.
The distance between Modena and Essen is 901 km. The road distance is 1056.2 km.
The best way to get from Modena to Essen without a car is to bus which takes 19h 26m and costs €70 - €150.
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Modena to Essen, including transfers.
Modena to Essen bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, depart from Modena - Autostazione station.
Modena to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Modena station.
The best way to get from Modena to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €85 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €150 and takes 19h 26m, you could also train, which costs €170 - €390 and takes 12h 46m.
What companies run services between Modena, Italy and Essen, Germany?
Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Modena - Autostazione to Essen central train station via Bologna Centrale in around 19h 26m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Night train from Modena to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €150–210
- 2nd Class
- €150–200
Train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €12–17
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Reggio Emilia to Milan Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Zürich HB to Bonn-Beuel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln-Ehrenfeld to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Modena - Autostazione to Bologna - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Modena Terminal Gottardi to Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Modena to Essen bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, arrive at Bologna - Autostazione station.
Modena to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Modena to Essen is 1056 km. It takes approximately 9h 46m to drive from Modena to Essen.
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