There are 11 ways to get from Ancona to Essen by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, train, 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 Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane AOI - DUS
6h 46m€104–412Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 4m€90–373Train via Basel
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
14h 14m€217–471Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Ancona to Frankfurt central train stationbus N422
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Essen central train stationbus FlixBus 027 / ...
22h 30m€128–193Drive 1,308.3 km
- Drive from Ancona to Essencar 1,308.3 km
12h 4m€212–306Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane AOI - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
8h 24m€110–459Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FLR - DUS
7h 30m€140–360Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtinatrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FCO - DUS
9h 24m€115–309Train
- Take the train from Ancona to Brennero - Brennertrain 89
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain Ice
18h 24m€242–545Bus
- Take the bus from Ancona to Worringer Straße, Duesseldorfbus
22h 41m€167–229Drive, car train
- Drive from Ancona to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Essencar
18h 15m€222–311
Ancona to Essen by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ancona to Essen is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which costs €120 - €200 and takes 22h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Ancona to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs €100 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Ancona to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at Essen central train station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Ancona to Essen. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at Essen Hbf via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Ancona and Essen is 1036 km. The road distance is 1308.3 km.
The best way to get from Ancona to Essen without a car is to train via Basel which takes 14h 14m and costs €210 - €480.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Ancona to Essen, including transfers.
Ancona to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ancona station.
Ancona to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Ancona station.
The best way to get from Ancona to Essen is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs €100 - €420. Alternatively, you can train via Basel, which costs €210 - €480 and takes 14h 14m, you could also bus via Frankfurt am Main, which costs €120 - €200 and takes 22h 30m.
What companies run services between Ancona, Italy and Essen, Germany?
Air Dolomiti, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ancona to Essen Hbf via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, and Basel SBB in around 14h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ancona to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ancona to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- 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)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ancona to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Ancona to Worringer Straße, Duesseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–230
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Ancona to Essen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Ancona to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ancona to Essen is 1308 km. It takes approximately 12h 4m to drive from Ancona to Essen.
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