There are 6 ways to get from Washington to Europe by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DCA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
15h 17m$633–2,276Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
16h 4m$332–869Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane IAD - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhoftrain
17h 12mSubway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane IAD - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Eisenach Hbftrain
17h 32m$419–1,490Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BWI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
18h 10m$342–1,406Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane IAD - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
18h 22m$378–1,125
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Europe is to subway and fly and train which costs $330 - $900 and takes 16h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Europe is to fly and train which takes 15h 17m and costs $600 - $2,300.
The distance between Washington and Europe is 6733 km.
It takes approximately 15h 17m to get from Washington to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 6h ahead of Washington. It is currently 1:20 AM in Washington and 7:20 AM in Europe.
There are 822+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Washington to Europe. However, you can fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Brussels, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Brussels, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Brussels, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Frankfurt via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $36–41
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
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