There are 10 ways to get from Trieste to Essen by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TRS - DUS
4h 46m€111–259Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus 402 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Essen central train stationbus N885
19h 15m€81–142Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Ice
14h 22m€211–619Drive 1,042.3 km
- Drive from Trieste to Essencar 1,042.3 km
10h 23m€166–240Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VCE - DUS
6h 9m€274–746Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 4m€274–745Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TRS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
6h 5m€148–417Bus to Pula Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PUY - DUS
6h 23m€150–604Bus, train
- Take the bus from Trieste Autostazione to Hauptbahnhofbus 1077 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain Drf
17h 30m€105–218Drive, car train
- Drive from Trieste to Kufsteincar
- Take the car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Essencar
12h 27m€176–237
Trieste to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Essen is to bus which costs €80 - €150 and takes 19h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €110 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Essen central train station via Ljubljana bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Essen. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Essen Hbf via Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 22m.
The distance between Trieste and Essen is 852 km. The road distance is 1042.3 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Essen without a car is to train which takes 14h 22m and costs €210 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 46m to get from Trieste to Essen, including transfers.
Trieste to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Essen train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Essen is to fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €110 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €650 and takes 14h 22m, you could also bus, which costs €80 - €150 and takes 19h 15m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Essen, Germany?
TUIfly, Air Dolomiti, and two other airlines fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Essen Hbf via Villach Hbf in around 14h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–370
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Pula Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Pula Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Pula Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–400
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Villach Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Villach Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €69–290
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €69
- Private
- €206
- Phone
- +43 5 17 17
- service@postbus.at
- Website
- postbus.at
Bus from Trieste Autostazione to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.postbus.at/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Trieste to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Trieste to Essen train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Essen is 1042 km. It takes approximately 10h 23m to drive from Trieste to Essen.
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