There are 13 ways to get from Ostend to Merano by train (Eurostar), bus, train, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Ostende to Liège-GuilleminsIc
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozen89
14h 54m€150–485Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train station819 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Munich central bus stationN36
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Meran095
22h 31m€61–123Train, night train via Cologne
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-MidiIc / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
- Take the night train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano MeranRe
15h 37m€161–309Drive 1,005.6 km
- Drive from Ostend to Merano1,005.6 km
10h 31m€157–227Train, night train
- Take the train from Ostende to Bruxelles-MidiIc / ...
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Muenchen OstNj
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Brennero - Brenner89
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano MeranRe
19h 11m€105–374Drive, car train
- Drive from Ostend to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Drive from München Ost to Merano
11h 16m€216–289Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)BRU - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bolzano-Bozen
11h 10m€137–303Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)BRU - INN
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Meran
10h 22m€153–421Train to Antwerp International Airport, fly to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Anvers-Berchem
- Fly from Antwerp International Airport (ANR) to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport (BZO)ANR - BZO
7h 56m€1,019–2,427Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Munich International Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Munich International Airport (MUC)BRU - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
12h 1m€161–396Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the bus from Gent Sint Pieters Station to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)CRL - BGY
- Take the bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
11h 12m€111–276Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Treviso Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the bus from Gent Sint Pieters Station to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Treviso Airport (TSF)CRL - TSF
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bolzano-Bozen
12h 50m€121–276Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)BRU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Meran
14h 19m€216–450
Ostend to Merano by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ostend to Merano is to bus which costs €60 - €130 and takes 22h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Ostend to Merano is to train and fly which takes 7h 56m and costs €1000 - €2500.
No, there is no direct bus from Ostend to Merano. However, there are services departing from Oostende Gouwelozestraat and arriving at Meran via Bruges, Brussels-North train station and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Ostend to Merano. However, there are services departing from Ostende and arriving at Merano Meran via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Brennero - Brenner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 37m.
The distance between Ostend and Merano is 1226 km. The road distance is 1005.6 km.
The best way to get from Ostend to Merano without a car is to train which takes 14h 54m and costs €150 - €490.
It takes approximately 14h 54m to get from Ostend to Merano, including transfers.
Ostend to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bruges station.
Ostend to Merano train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Ostende station.
The best way to get from Ostend to Merano is to train which takes 14h 54m and costs €150 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €130 and takes 22h 31m.
What companies run services between Ostend, Belgium and Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy?
You can take a train from Ostende to Terme Merano via Liege-Guillemins, Koeln Hbf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, München Hbf, Bolzano/Bozen, and Bolzano - Stazione in around 14h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oostende Gouwelozestraat to Meran via Brugge Station perron C7, Bruges, Brussels-North train station, and Munich central bus station in around 22h 31m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Munich International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Zurich Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–330
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Brussels Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–480
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Antwerp International Airport to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1,000–2,400
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Ostende to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Ostende to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €17–26
Train from Ostende to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–17
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–17
- 1st Class
- €21–24
Train from Ostende to Anvers-Berchem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €19–27
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €49–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Bolzano-Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €85–130
- 1st Class
- €180–300
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €16–23
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–80
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bruges to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Gent Sint Pieters Station to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
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Ostend to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Ostend to Merano train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ostend to Merano is 1006 km. It takes approximately 10h 31m to drive from Ostend to Merano.
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