There are 10 ways to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
4h 55m€96–305Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av 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
5h 44m€76–312Train
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbftrain 43
11h 52m€196–385Bus, train
- Take the bus from Modena to Wuppertal Hbfbus Catania– Dortmund
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Essen Hbftrain S9 / ...
18h 29m€152–244Drive 1,034.4 km
- Drive from Reggio Emilia to Essencar 1,034.4 km
9h 40m€167–242Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FLR - DUS
5h 58m€129–298Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Rogoredotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
5h 26m€120–298Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
6h 44m€99–345Drive, car train
- Drive from Reggio Emilia to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofcar
- Take the cartrain from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Essencar
12h 49m€182–251Bus
- Take the bus from Reggio Emilia Train Station to Bologna Autostazionebus Itabus / ...
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train stationbus N537
19h 55m€104–157
Reggio Emilia to Essen by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen is to bus which costs €100 - €160 and takes 19h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen is to train and fly which takes 4h 55m and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Reggio Emilia station to Essen station. However, there are services departing from Reggio Emilia Train Station and arriving at Essen central train station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Reggio Emilia to Essen. However, there are services departing from Reggio Emilia Av and arriving at Essen Hbf via Milano Centrale and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 52m.
The distance between Reggio Emilia and Essen is 928 km. The road distance is 1034.4 km.
The best way to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen without a car is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €190 - €390.
It takes approximately 4h 55m to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen, including transfers.
Reggio Emilia to Essen bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Reggio Emilia Train Station.
Reggio Emilia to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Reggio Emilia Av station.
The best way to get from Reggio Emilia to Essen is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €190 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €160 and takes 19h 55m.
What companies run services between Reggio Emilia, Italy and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Reggio Emilia Av to Essen Hbf via Milano Centrale and Basel SBB in around 11h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Reggio Emilia Train Station to Essen central train station via Bologna Autostazione and Bologna Centrale in around 19h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
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
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
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 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- 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 Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Modena to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- Onebus
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Reggio Emilia Train Station to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Reggio Emilia to Essen bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Reggio Emilia to Essen train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Reggio Emilia to Essen is 1034 km. It takes approximately 9h 40m to drive from Reggio Emilia to Essen.
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