There are 11 ways to get from Olomouc to Essen by train, plane, train (Deutsche Bahn), bus, or car
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Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PRG - DUS
6h 45m€87–262Bus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Olomouc Main Train Station to Pyrzowice Katowice Airportbus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane KTW - DTM
7h 55m€44–193Train
- Take the train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Sc / ...
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Berlin Hbftrain Rj
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 10 / ...
11h 20m€115–149Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Olomouc - Dvořákova to Brnobus
- Take the bus from Brno to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 850 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Essen central train stationbus N23 / ...
16h 4m€57–103Drive 874.9 km
- Drive from Olomouc to Essencar 874.9 km
9h 3m€135–195Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Prerov to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VIE - DUS
8h 5m€88–295Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Prerov to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VIE - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
8h 42m€82–319Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PRG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
8h 5m€125–248Train, train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRK - DUS
10h 22m€148–390Train via Erfurt
- Take the train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Sc / ...
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Erfurt Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 51
15h 13m€151–194Bus
- Take the bus from Olomouc - Dvořákova to Brnobus 950157
- Take the bus from Brno Hlavní Nádraží to Dusseldorf Central Bus Stationbus Ivano-Frankivsk
25h 25m
Olomouc to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Olomouc to Essen is to bus via Prague which costs €55 - €110 and takes 16h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Olomouc to Essen is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Olomouc to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Olomouc - Dvořákova and arriving at Essen central train station via Brno and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Olomouc to Essen. However, there are services departing from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Essen Hbf via Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 20m.
The distance between Olomouc and Essen is 844 km. The road distance is 874.9 km.
The best way to get from Olomouc to Essen without a car is to train which takes 11h 20m and costs €110 - €150.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Olomouc to Essen, including transfers.
Olomouc to Essen bus services, operated by ARRIVA Cz, depart from Olomouc - Dvořákova station.
Olomouc to Essen train services, operated by České dráhy (ČD), depart from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Olomouc to Essen is to train which takes 11h 20m and costs €110 - €150. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 16h 4m.
What companies run services between Olomouc, Czechia and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Essen Hbf via Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and Berlin Hbf in around 11h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Olomouc - Dvořákova to Essen central train station via Brno and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 16h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–460
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–460
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–600
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €23–30
- Business
- €25–27
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–45
- Business
- €36–41
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €11–15
- Business
- €12–13
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
- 1st Class
- €15–21
- Business
- €17–19
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €21–29
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- €16–23
- Business
- €18–27
- Economy Plus
- €19–28
- Premium
- €21–28
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- €7–11
- Business
- €8–13
- Economy Plus
- €9–14
- Premium
- €10–14
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- €10–15
- Business
- €12–18
- Economy Plus
- €13–19
- Premium
- €14–19
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bohumin to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Olomouc Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €15–20
Train from Prerov to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–18
- Phone
- 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- Schedules at
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €48–54
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +420 725 100 725
- info@arriva.cz
- Website
- arriva.cz
Bus from Olomouc - Dvořákova to Brno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- arriva.cz
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brno to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Olomouc Main Train Station to Pyrzowice Katowice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Brno Hlavní Nádraží to Dusseldorf Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Olomouc to Essen bus services, operated by ARRIVA Cz, arrive at Brno station.
Olomouc to Essen train services, operated by České dráhy (ČD), arrive at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Olomouc to Essen is 875 km. It takes approximately 9h 3m to drive from Olomouc to Essen.
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