There are 9 ways to get from Rottweil to Essen by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic87 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain 47 / ...
5h 11m€89–397Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Balingen Bahnhof/Busbf to Tübingen Hauptbahnhoftrain RE6a
- Take the bus from Tübingen central station to Essen central train stationbus N116
11h 57m€52–200Train, night train
- Take the train from Schiltach Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain Rs1
- Take the night train from Offenburg to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd Strain S6
10h 45m€92–257Drive 488 km
- Drive from Rottweil to Essencar 488 km
4h 30m€70–101Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
6h 9m€116–344Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FRA - DUS
5h 20m€137–376Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
7h 2m€124–376Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
7h 6m€140–508Train, train to Friedrichshafen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FDH - DUS
5h 52m€159–499
Rottweil to Essen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rottweil to Essen is to train and bus which costs €50 - €200 and takes 11h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Rottweil to Essen is to drive which takes 4h 30m and costs €65 - €100.
No, there is no direct train from Rottweil to Essen. However, there are services departing from Rottweil Bahnhof and arriving at Essen Hbf via Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 11m.
The distance between Rottweil and Essen is 531 km. The road distance is 488 km.
The best way to get from Rottweil to Essen without a car is to train which takes 5h 11m and costs €85 - €400.
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Rottweil to Essen, including transfers.
Rottweil to Essen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Rottweil Bahnhof station.
Rottweil to Essen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rottweil to Essen is 488 km. It takes approximately 4h 30m to drive from Rottweil to Essen.
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What companies run services between Rottweil, Germany and Essen, Germany?
You can take a train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Essen Hbf via Hauptbahnhof in around 5h 11m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Balingen Bahnhof/Busbf to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Süd S
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 7821 2702-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Balingen Bahnhof/Busbf to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
Train from Schiltach Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- [email protected]
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Balingen Bahnhof/Busbf to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Rottweil Bahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Offenburg to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €94–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–70
- Seating Carriage
- €27–33
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Tübingen central station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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