There are 12 ways to get from Wels to Essen by train, bus, car, plane, or car train
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Train via Aschaffenburg
best- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Aschaffenburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 41 / ...
7h 32m€134–321Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Wels to Munich central bus stationbus 951
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Essen central train stationbus N885 / ...
14h€53–98Drive 759.5 km
- Drive from Wels to Essencar 759.5 km
6h 21m€123–178Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SZG - DUS
5h 14m€92–279Train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Ice
8h 7m€140–330Train #2
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Köln Hbftrain Nj
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd Strain S6
14h 40m€203–363Drive, car train
- Drive from Wels to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Essencar
6h 36m€163–220Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
5h 47m€134–326Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 24m€137–352Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VIE - DUS
6h 18m€100–267Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane MUC - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
7h 19m€175–365Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SZG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
6h 38m€164–459
Wels to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Essen is to bus which costs €50 - €100 and takes 14h.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Essen is to train and fly which takes 5h 14m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Wels to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Wels and arriving at Essen central train station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Wels Hbf and arriving at Essen Hbf. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 7m.
The distance between Wels and Essen is 781 km. The road distance is 759.5 km.
The best way to get from Wels to Essen without a car is to train via Aschaffenburg which takes 7h 32m and costs €130 - €330.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Wels to Essen, including transfers.
Wels to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Wels station.
Wels to Essen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Wels Hbf station.
The best way to get from Wels to Essen is to train via Aschaffenburg which takes 7h 32m and costs €130 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €100 and takes 14h.
What companies run services between Wels, Austria and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Wels Hbf to Essen Hbf via Aschaffenburg Hbf in around 7h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Wels to Essen central train station via Munich central bus station in around 14h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–410
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–410
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Aschaffenburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aschaffenburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wels Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–330
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €19–29
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–330
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Wels to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Wels to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Wels to Essen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Aschaffenburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Essen is 759 km. It takes approximately 6h 21m to drive from Wels to Essen.
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