There are 11 ways to get from Obertraun to Essen by train, bus, car, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-PuchheimRe
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Aschaffenburg HbfIce
- Take the train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Essen Hbf41 / ...
10h 9m€148–246Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bad Ischl Bahnhof to Salzburg Mirabellplatz C150
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Bochum central stationN965
18h 58m€63–133Bus via Duisburg Hbf
- Take the bus from Bad Ischl Bahnhof to Salzburg Hbf150
- Take the bus from Salzburg Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
16h 55mDrive, car train
- Drive from Obertraun to Salzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Essen
6h 36m€158–213Train, train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SZG - DUS
6h 34m€103–342Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bad Ischl Bahnhof to Salzburg Hbf150
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Essen HbfIce / ...
11h 8m€71–183Drive 817.2 km
- Drive from Obertraun to Essen817.2 km
7h 34m€133–192Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MUC - DUS
7h 56m€119–388Train, train to Graz, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Stainach-Irdning
- Take the train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Fly from Graz (GRZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)GRZ - DUS
8h 8m€165–483Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
8h 54m€126–411Train, train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Take the train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Frankfurt (FRA)SZG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
8h 33m€178–464
Obertraun to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Obertraun to Essen is to bus which costs €60 - €140 and takes 18h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Obertraun to Essen is to train and fly which takes 6h 34m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct train from Obertraun to Essen. However, there are services departing from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen and arriving at Essen Hbf via Attnang-Puchheim, Wels Hbf and Aschaffenburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 9m.
The distance between Obertraun and Essen is 877 km. The road distance is 817.2 km.
The best way to get from Obertraun to Essen without a car is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Obertraun to Essen, including transfers.
Obertraun to Essen train services, operated by ÖBB, depart from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen station.
The best way to get from Obertraun to Essen is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs €140 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus via Duisburg Hbf, which costs and takes 16h 55m.
Obertraun to Essen train services, operated by ÖBB, arrive at Attnang-Puchheim station.
Yes, the driving distance between Obertraun to Essen is 817 km. It takes approximately 7h 34m to drive from Obertraun to Essen.
What companies run services between Obertraun, Austria and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Essen Hbf via Attnang-Puchheim, Wels Hbf, and Aschaffenburg Hbf in around 10h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Obertraun Abzw Bahnhof to Essen Hbf via Hallstatt Gosaumühle, Bad Ischl Bahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Duisburg Hbf, and Duisburg Hbf in around 16h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Graz to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–500
Flights from Graz to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Graz to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Graz to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Stainach-Irdning
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €67
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Attnang-Puchheim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Obertraun-Dachsteinhoehlen to Stainach-Irdning
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €66–68
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Aschaffenburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- 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
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €12–17
- First Class
- €20–28
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €4–7
- 1st Class
- €7–10
- Business
- €7–8
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €13–18
- 1st Class
- €20–26
- Business
- €22–24
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–14
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Attnang-Puchheim to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €66–68
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €255–260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120–150
- Seating Carriage
- €29–40
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Stainach-Irdning to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- 0662 632900
- office@salzburg-verkehr.at
- Website
- salzburg-verkehr.at
Bus from Bad Ischl Bahnhof to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://salzburg-verkehr.at/en/
Bus from Bad Ischl Bahnhof to Salzburg Mirabellplatz C
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://salzburg-verkehr.at/en/
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Salzburg Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Salzburg South to Bochum central station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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