There are 12 ways to get from Neath to Essen by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Neath to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Essen Hbf
9h 41m€185–656Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bay Campus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Duisburg central train stationN1328
20h€74–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Neath to Hereford
- Take the train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Essen central train station081
18h 24m€110–187Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Neath to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Essen
8h 55mFly Cardiff Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)CWL - DUS
8h 26m€128–412Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Neath to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Essen
10h 3m€169–247Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Neath to Bristol Parkway
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BHX - DUS
7h 3m€118–458Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Neath to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LHR - DUS
6h 57m€145–495Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Neath to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)LHR - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
8h€167–568Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Neath to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)BRS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
8h 56m€102–344Fly Cardiff Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)CWL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
8h 38m€127–449Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Neath to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MAN - DUS
9h 34m€150–376
Neath to Essen by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Neath to Essen is to bus which costs €70 - €230 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Neath to Essen is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €140 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Neath station to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Neath station and arriving at Essen central train station via Bay Campus, London Victoria and Duisburg central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Neath to Essen. However, there are services departing from Neath and arriving at Essen Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 41m.
The distance between Neath and Essen is 970 km.
The best way to get from Neath to Essen without a car is to train which takes 9h 41m and costs €180 - €700.
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Neath to Essen, including transfers.
Neath to Essen bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bay Campus station.
Neath to Essen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Neath station.
The best way to get from Neath to Essen is to train which takes 9h 41m and costs €180 - €700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €420 and takes 8h 26m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €230 and takes 20h.
What companies run services between Neath, Wales and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Neath to Essen Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 41m. Alternatively, KLM and Aer Lingus fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Bristol Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Neath to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Neath to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Neath to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–25
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Neath to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Neath to Hereford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- €40–60
Train from Neath to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Neath to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bay Campus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Neath to Essen bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Essen is 1h ahead of Neath. It is currently 1:07 AM in Neath and 2:07 AM in Essen.
Neath to Essen train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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