There are 9 ways to get from Karlskrona to Essen by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPH - DUS
7h 13m€122–355Fly Ronneby Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Ronneby Airport (RNB) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane RNB - DUS
8h 24m€110–413Train via Copenhagen
- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Köpenhamn Htrain
- Take the train from København H to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
13h 1m€141–357Bus
- Take the bus from Karlskrona Centralstation to Kristianstad Centralbus
- Take the bus from Kristianstad Central to Malmö, Centralstationbus 1
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Essen central train stationbus N74
18h 6mDrive 1,055.8 km
- Drive from Karlskrona to Essencar 1,055.8 km
9h 40m€177–255Train, train to Kalmar Öland Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstationtrain
- Take the train from Emmaboda tågstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstationtrain
- Fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KLR - DUS
8h 41m€252–482Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CPH - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
9h 41m€130–401Train, bus to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstationtrain
- Take the train from Emmaboda tågstation to Borås Centralstationtrain
- Take the bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplatsbus
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GOT - DUS
9h 24m€119–356Train
- Take the train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Lund Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Lund Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Essen Central Stationtrain
14h 8m€116–259
Karlskrona to Essen by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlskrona to Essen is to train which costs €110 - €260 and takes 14h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Karlskrona to Essen is to train and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs €120 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlskrona station to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Karlskrona Centralstation and arriving at Essen central train station via Kristianstad Central, Malmö central train station FlixBus stop and Copenhagen Busterminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlskrona station to Essen. However, there are services departing from Karlskrona Centralstation and arriving at Essen Hbf via København H and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 1m.
The distance between Karlskrona and Essen is 924 km. The road distance is 1055.8 km.
The best way to get from Karlskrona to Essen without a car is to train via Copenhagen which takes 13h 1m and costs €140 - €360.
It takes approximately 7h 13m to get from Karlskrona to Essen, including transfers.
Karlskrona to Essen bus services, operated by Öresundståg, depart from Karlskrona Centralstation.
Karlskrona to Essen train services, operated by Öresundståg, depart from Karlskrona Centralstation.
The best way to get from Karlskrona to Essen is to train via Copenhagen which takes 13h 1m and costs €140 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 18h 6m, you could also fly, which costs €110 - €420 and takes 8h 24m.
What companies run services between Karlskrona, Sweden and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Essen Hbf via Köpenhamn H, København H, and Hamburg Hbf in around 13h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlskrona Centralstation to Essen central train station via Kristianstad Central, Malmö, Centralstation, Malmö central train station FlixBus stop, and Copenhagen Busterminal in around 18h 6m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Ronneby Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm, Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–420
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Billund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Aalborg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Ronneby Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Phone
- +46 771 77 77 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Köpenhamn H
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Emmaboda tågstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Lund Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from København H to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Lund Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +46 10 212 10 00
- Website
- kalmarlanstrafik.se
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.kalmarlanstrafik.se/
Train from Emmaboda tågstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.kalmarlanstrafik.se/
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.kalmarlanstrafik.se/
- Phone
- 073-074 89 81
- [email protected]
- Website
- Krösatågen
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Krösatågen
Train from Karlskrona Centralstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- Krösatågen
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Emmaboda tågstation to Kalmar, Järnvägstation
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Emmaboda tågstation to Borås Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Lund Centralstation to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Essen Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +46 771 77 77 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Bus from Karlskrona Centralstation to Kristianstad Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +46 77 177 77 77
- Website
- Skånetrafiken
Bus from Kristianstad Central to Malmö, Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- Skånetrafiken
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplats
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Borås Centralstation to Landvetter flygplats
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Vy Buss
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Booking & Getting There
Karlskrona to Essen bus services, operated by Öresundståg, arrive at Kristianstad Central station.
Karlskrona to Essen train services, operated by Öresundståg, arrive at Köpenhamn H station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlskrona to Essen is 1056 km. It takes approximately 9h 40m to drive from Karlskrona to Essen.
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