There are 13 ways to get from Munich to Aachen by train, bus, night train, car, car train, rideshare, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbftrain Re
5h 26m€123–498Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Munich to Aachen616.5 km
7h 34m€34Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Aachen station westbus N884 / ...
9h 45m€50–85Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Ost to Aachen Hbfnighttrain Nj
8h 31m€35–120Drive 616.6 km
- Drive from Munich to Aachencar 616.6 km
5h 35m€88–127Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
5h 44m€86–534Car train, drive
- Take the cartrain from München Ost to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Aachencar
7h 45m€135–175Train #2
- Take the train from München Ost to Aachen Hbftrain Nj / ...
8h 24m€100–230Train via Ostbahnhof
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain Drf
- Take the train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbftrain Re
8h 43m€56–142Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
4h 7m€92–298Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
5hFly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MUC - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
4h 59m€119–405Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MUC - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
5h 53m€135–380
Munich to Aachen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Aachen is to rideshare which costs €34 and takes 7h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 4h 7m and costs €90 - €300.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Munich central bus station station and arriving at Aachen station west station. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 45m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Muenchen Ost and arriving at Aachen Hbf. This train operates Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 8h 31m.
The distance between Munich and Aachen is 652 km. The road distance is 616.6 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Aachen without a car is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs €120 - €500.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Munich to Aachen, including transfers.
Munich to Aachen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Aachen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Aachen is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs €120 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €85 and takes 9h 45m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Aachen, Germany?
You can take a train from München Hbf to Aachen Hbf via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and Koeln Messe/Deutz in around 5h 26m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Munich central bus station to Aachen station west twice daily. Tickets cost €50–85 and the journey takes 9h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
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 Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koeln Messe/Deutz to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
Train from Ostbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–50
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from München Ost to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from München Ost to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from München Ost to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Aachen station west
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar
Rideshare from Munich to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €34
- Schedules at
- BlaBlaCar
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More Questions & Answers
Munich to Aachen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Aachen station west.
Munich to Aachen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Aachen is 617 km. It takes approximately 5h 35m to drive from Munich to Aachen.
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