There are 12 ways to get from Padova to Essen by train, plane, car, car train, bus, night train, shuttle, or train (Trenitalia)
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Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Padova to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VCE - DUS
5h 46m€67–281Drive, car train
- Drive from Padova to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
9h 40m€147–1,070Bus
- Take the bus from Padua to Veronabus FlixBus N405 / ...
- Take the bus from Verona to Essen central train stationbus N537
17h 55m€76–140Night train, train
- Take the night train from Venezia Mestre to Ulm Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Ulm Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Ice
17h 14m€138–405Fly Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbftrain
6h 29mTrain to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
6h 25m€85–238Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbftrain
7h 8mShuttle to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbftrain
7h 54mFly Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VCE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbftrain
7h 17m€105–437Train
- Take the train from Padova to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Ice
13h 45m€211–379Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Padua to Munich central bus stationbus 491 / ...
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Essen Hbfbus
21h 15m€74–114Drive 1,020 km
- Drive from Padova to Essencar 1,020 km
10h 20m€159–229
Padova to Essen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Padova to Essen is to bus via Munich which costs €70 - €120 and takes 21h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Padova to Essen is to train and fly which takes 5h 46m and costs €65 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Padova to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Padua and arriving at Essen central train station via Verona. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Padova to Essen. However, there are services departing from Padova and arriving at Essen Hbf via Venezia Mestre and Ulm Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 14m.
The distance between Padova and Essen is 830 km. The road distance is 1020 km.
The best way to get from Padova to Essen without a car is to bus which takes 17h 55m and costs €75 - €140.
It takes approximately 5h 46m to get from Padova to Essen, including transfers.
Padova to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Padua station.
Padova to Essen train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Venezia Mestre station.
The best way to get from Padova to Essen is to bus which takes 17h 55m and costs €75 - €140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €380 and takes 13h 45m.
What companies run services between Padova, Italy and Essen, Germany?
You can take a bus from Padua to Essen central train station via Verona in around 17h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Padova to Essen Hbf via Milano Centrale and Mannheim Hbf in around 13h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–440
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–220
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Padova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Padova to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Padova to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Padova to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- 2nd Class
- €15–20
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Venezia Mestre to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln/Bonn Flughafen to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Padua to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Verona to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Padua to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +387 35 320-321
- info@transturist.ba
- Website
- transturist.ba
Bus from München, ZOB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- transturist.ba
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More Questions & Answers
Padova to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Verona station.
Padova to Essen train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Ulm Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Padova to Essen is 1020 km. It takes approximately 10h 20m to drive from Padova to Essen.
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