Essen: direct trains and buses
From Essen you can reach 180 places by direct train or long-distance bus. Departures per day and the fastest journey are counted over the week of 24 November 2026.
| Destination | per day | Train | Bus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Düsseldorf CZ | 55× a day | 0 h 22 | 0 h 25 |
| Köln CZ | 50× a day | 0 h 43 | 1 h 40 |
| Dortmund | 47× a day | 0 h 18 | 0 h 35 |
| Duisburg | 41× a day | 0 h 10 | 0 h 20 |
| Bochum | 37× a day | 0 h 08 | 0 h 20 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 37× a day | 1 h 43 | 4 h 00 |
| Hannover | 26× a day | 2 h 07 | 3 h 05 |
| Berlin | 24× a day | 4 h 58 | 7 h 05 |
| Hamm | 20× a day | 0 h 39 | – |
| Mannheim | 19× a day | 2 h 17 | 5 h 20 |
| Nürnberg | 19× a day | 4 h 43 | 7 h 20 |
| Bielefeld | 18× a day | 1 h 13 | – |
| Hamburg | 18× a day | 2 h 48 | 5 h 25 |
| Braunschweig | 17× a day | 2 h 44 | 5 h 50 |
| Bremen | 17× a day | 2 h 12 | 3 h 45 |
| Würzburg | 16× a day | 3 h 44 | 5 h 45 |
| München | 15× a day | 5 h 04 | 9 h 40 |
| Bonn CZ | 15× a day | 0 h 58 | 2 h 25 |
| Osnabrück | 14× a day | 1 h 17 | 1 h 55 |
| Hanau | 14× a day | 2 h 15 | – |
| Potsdam | 13× a day | 4 h 39 | – |
| Stuttgart | 13× a day | 2 h 57 | 7 h 35 |
| Münster | 12× a day | 0 h 49 | 1 h 50 |
| Karlsruhe | 10× a day | 2 h 59 | 6 h 30 |
| Minden | 9× a day | 1 h 39 | – |
| Ulm | 9× a day | 3 h 50 | 9 h 05 |
| Augsburg | 9× a day | 4 h 33 | 10 h 00 |
| Leipzig | 6× a day | 4 h 46 | 5 h 55 |
| Bruxelles - Brussel BE | 5× a day | – | 3 h 30 |
| Dresden | 5× a day | 7 h 46 | 7 h 45 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 5× a day | 0 h 09 | 0 h 25 |
| Gütersloh | 4× a day | 1 h 00 | – |
| Heidelberg | 4× a day | 2 h 50 | 5 h 49 |
| Kassel | 4× a day | 2 h 42 | 3 h 12 |
| Leverkusen | 4× a day | – | 1 h 15 |
| Eindhoven CZ | 4× a day | – | 2 h 05 |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | 3× a day | 4 h 03 | – |
| Praha CZ | 3× a day | – | 9 h 55 |
| Magdeburg | 3× a day | 3 h 40 | 5 h 20 |
| Basel CH | 3× a day | 4 h 36 | – |
| Paris FR | 3× a day | – | 8 h 30 |
| Rotterdam CZ | 3× a day | – | 3 h 10 |
| Den Haag CZ | 3× a day | – | 3 h 45 |
| Diepholz | 3× a day | 1 h 45 | – |
| Wrocław PL | 2× a day | – | 12 h 05 |
| Halle (Saale) | 2× a day | – | 5 h 15 |
| Soest | 2× a day | 1 h 06 | – |
| Paderborn | 2× a day | 1 h 32 | – |
| Erfurt | 2× a day | 4 h 00 | – |
| Schwerin | 2× a day | 5 h 41 | – |
| Bützow | 2× a day | 6 h 11 | – |
| Rostock | 2× a day | 6 h 33 | – |
| Ribnitz-Damgarten | 2× a day | 6 h 59 | – |
| Stralsund | 2× a day | 7 h 33 | – |
| Zagreb HR | 2× a day | – | 16 h 50 |
| Katowice PL | 2× a day | – | 14 h 55 |
| Regensburg | 2× a day | – | 8 h 50 |
| Lille FR | 2× a day | – | 5 h 10 |
| Amsterdam CZ | 2× a day | – | 3 h 10 |
| Warszawa PL | 2× a day | – | 15 h 20 |
| Roermond | 2× a day | – | 1 h 50 |
| Mönchengladbach | 2× a day | 1 h 05 | 1 h 05 |
| Günzburg | 2× a day | 5 h 06 | – |
| Ingolstadt | 2× a day | 5 h 57 | – |
| Brandenburg an der Havel | 2× a day | 4 h 19 | – |
| Antwerpen CZ | 2× a day | – | 3 h 50 |
| Graz AT | 2× a day | – | 13 h 55 |
| Maribor SI | 2× a day | – | 14 h 54 |
| Rosenheim | 1× a day | 6 h 54 | – |
| Koblenz | 1× a day | 1 h 51 | – |
| Mainz | 1× a day | 2 h 44 | – |
| København DK | 1× a day | – | 14 h 25 |
| Venlo CZ | 1× a day | – | 1 h 10 |
| Breda | 1× a day | – | 3 h 05 |
| Gliwice PL | 1× a day | – | 14 h 17 |
| Tilburg | 1× a day | – | 3 h 30 |
| Poznań PL | 1× a day | – | 11 h 00 |
| Konin PL | 1× a day | – | 12 h 45 |
| Ljubljana SI | 1× a day | – | 16 h 36 |
| Szczecin PL | 1× a day | – | 11 h 35 |
| Kołobrzeg PL | 1× a day | – | 13 h 40 |
| Koszalin PL | 1× a day | – | 14 h 30 |
| Słupsk PL | 1× a day | – | 15 h 40 |
| Gdańsk PL | 1× a day | – | 17 h 40 |
| Elbląg PL | 1× a day | – | 18 h 55 |
| Olsztyn PL | 1× a day | – | 20 h 25 |
| Mrągowo PL | 1× a day | – | 21 h 40 |
| Giżycko PL | 1× a day | – | 22 h 45 |
| Suwałki PL | 1× a day | – | 24 h 22 |
| Marijampolė LT | 1× a day | – | 25 h 52 |
| Kaunas LT | 1× a day | – | 26 h 55 |
| Vilnius LT | 1× a day | – | 28 h 25 |
| Vaihingen an der Enz | 1× a day | 3 h 28 | – |
| Traunstein | 1× a day | 7 h 28 | – |
| Freilassing | 1× a day | 7 h 47 | – |
| Salzburg AT | 1× a day | 7 h 56 | – |
| Biberach an der Riß | 1× a day | 5 h 31 | – |
| Ravensburg | 1× a day | 6 h 00 | – |
| Friedrichshafen | 1× a day | 6 h 13 | – |
| Lindau (Bodensee) | 1× a day | 6 h 53 | – |
| Recklinghausen | 1× a day | 0 h 20 | – |
| Neuss | 1× a day | 0 h 51 | – |
| Greifswald | 1× a day | 8 h 02 | – |
| Golling-Abtenau AT | 1× a day | 8 h 23 | – |
| Bischofshofen AT | 1× a day | 8 h 44 | – |
| Sankt Johann im Pongau AT | 1× a day | 8 h 53 | – |
| Schwarzach-St.Veit AT | 1× a day | 9 h 00 | – |
| Bad Gastein AT | 1× a day | 9 h 25 | – |
| Mallnitz-Obervellach AT | 1× a day | 9 h 40 | – |
| Spittal an der Drau SK | 1× a day | 10 h 04 | – |
| Villach AT | 1× a day | 10 h 29 | – |
| Velden AT | 1× a day | 10 h 42 | – |
| Klagenfurt AT | 1× a day | 10 h 57 | – |
| Plzeň CZ | 6× a week | – | 11 h 20 |
| Erlangen | 6× a week | – | 8 h 30 |
| Passau | 6× a week | – | 12 h 30 |
| Wien AT | 6× a week | – | 16 h 15 |
| Győr HU | 6× a week | – | 18 h 15 |
| Budapest HU | 6× a week | – | 19 h 50 |
| Herford | 6× a week | 1 h 27 | – |
| Bad Oeynhausen | 6× a week | 1 h 38 | – |
| Opole PL | 5× a week | – | 14 h 40 |
| Kraków PL | 5× a week | – | 17 h 20 |
| Rzeszów PL | 5× a week | – | 19 h 55 |
| Przemyśl PL | 5× a week | – | 21 h 15 |
| Calais FR | 5× a week | – | 6 h 55 |
| London GB | 5× a week | – | 13 h 05 |
| Darmstadt | 5× a week | – | 4 h 40 |
| Maastricht NL | 5× a week | – | 2 h 25 |
| Gent CZ | 5× a week | – | 5 h 00 |
| Brugge CZ | 5× a week | – | 5 h 50 |
| Varaždin SI | 5× a week | – | 18 h 11 |
| Čakovec SI | 5× a week | – | 18 h 35 |
| Koprivnica HU | 5× a week | – | 19 h 30 |
| Osijek CZ | 5× a week | – | 22 h 55 |
| Bolesławiec PL | 5× a week | – | 10 h 32 |
| Sieradz PL | 5× a week | – | 14 h 37 |
| Nijmegen NL | 5× a week | – | 1 h 30 |
| Wiesbaden | 4× a week | – | 4 h 20 |
| Lviv UA | 4× a week | – | 21 h 45 |
| Rivne UA | 4× a week | – | 25 h 25 |
| Zhytomyr UA | 4× a week | – | 28 h 05 |
| Kyiv UA | 4× a week | – | 29 h 45 |
| Chernihiv | 4× a week | – | 33 h 20 |
| Innsbruck AT | 4× a week | – | 11 h 30 |
| Bolzano - Bozen IT | 4× a week | – | 13 h 15 |
| Trento IT | 4× a week | – | 14 h 05 |
| Verona IT | 4× a week | – | 15 h 20 |
| Bologna IT | 4× a week | – | 17 h 20 |
| Firenze | 4× a week | – | 18 h 55 |
| Karlovac HR | 4× a week | – | 18 h 30 |
| Rijeka | 4× a week | – | 20 h 00 |
| Enschede NL | 3× a week | – | 2 h 55 |
| Groningen | 3× a week | – | 4 h 45 |
| Offenburg (FlixTrain) | 2× a week | 3 h 35 | – |
| Aachen | 1× a week | 1 h 57 | – |
| Kufstein AT | 1× a week | 8 h 53 | – |
23 more destinations on the map