There are 11 ways to get from Trieste to Rotterdam by shuttle, plane, train, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, 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.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LJU - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 35m€273–562Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus N482 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Rotterdam Central Stationbus N885
22h 20m€118–182Train via Turin
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
15h 7m€322–628Drive 1,214.6 km
- Drive from Trieste to Rotterdamcar 1,214.6 km
12h 51m€224–324Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane VCE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 32m€299–626Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LJU - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
6h 49m€263–521Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane VCE - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 36m€294–605Shuttle, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ZAG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 15m€244–755Drive, car train
- Drive from Trieste to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Rotterdamcar
15h 39m€216–305Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaaktrain
19h 6m€120–493Train #2
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Warmbadtrain Re
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain Drf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaaktrain
23h 56m€129–279
Trieste to Rotterdam by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Rotterdam is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 22h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Rotterdam is to shuttle and fly and train which takes 5h 35m and costs €270 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Rotterdam station. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station via Ljubljana bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 7m.
The distance between Trieste and Rotterdam is 1145 km. The road distance is 1214.6 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Rotterdam without a car is to train via Turin which takes 15h 7m and costs €320 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Trieste to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Trieste to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Rotterdam train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Rotterdam is to train via Turin which takes 15h 7m and costs €320 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 22h 20m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Rotterdam Centraal via Torino Porta Susa, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 15h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Trieste to Rotterdam Central Station via Ljubljana bus station in around 22h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–600
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Ljubljana to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Warmbad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–360
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
Train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €110–204
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–300
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- €170
- 4-8 persons
- €220
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Booking & Getting There
Trieste to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Trieste to Rotterdam train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Torino Porta Susa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Rotterdam is 1215 km. It takes approximately 12h 51m to drive from Trieste to Rotterdam.
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