How to get to Essen

 

 

How to get to Essen by plane

 


Connection to Cologne/Bonn Airport:

From the Airport Cologne/Bonn please take express bus SB 170 to Cologne main station from where there are several connections to Essen by Deutsche Bahn (see below "Esse end local area").

Further Information on the Webpage of Cologne/Bonn Airport: www.koeln-bonn-airport.de  

 

Connection from Dortmund Airport:

Plase take bus 440 from Dortmund Airport to Dortmund Alperbeck and from there the Stadtbahnlinie U47 to Dortmund Main Station ("Hauptbahnhof"). From Dortmund Main Station please take the S-Bahn or Regionalexpress to Essen Main Station (ticket price level C).

Further Information on the Webpage of Dortmund Airport: www.dortmund-airport.de

 

Connection from Düsseldorf Airport :

There is a direct connection by S-Bahn S1.
Please take the SkyTrain in the direction of "Düseldorf Flughafen Bahnhof" (Düsseldorf Airport train station). From there, please take the S 1 to Essen Main Station (ticket price level C). 

Further Information on the Webpage of Düsseldorf Airport: www.duesseldorf-international.de


Connection to Essen/Mülheim Airport:

From Essen/Mülheim Airport please take the bus CE45 to Main Station Essen (ticket price level B).

Further Information on the Webpage of Essen/Mülheim Airport: www.flughafen-essen-muelheim.com (Unfortunately only in German).

 

Connection to Münster/Osnabrück Airport: 

From Münster/Osnabrück Airport please take the bus lines D 50, S 50 or R 51 to Münster main station. There, please take the Regionalbahn RB42 or the IC to Essen.

Further Information on the Webpage of Münster/Osnabrück Airport: www.fmo.de 

 

How to get to Essen by car 

 

Via A 42 from the direction of Dortmund and the direction of Oberhausen/Duisburg

  • Please take the exit "Gelsenkirchen - Hessler".

 

Via A 3 from the direction of Cologne and A 52 from the direction of Düsseldorf 

  • Please take the exit "Essen Frillendorf".

Via A 40 from the direction fo Duisburg

  • Please take the exit "Essen Frillendorf".

 

Via A 40 from the direction of Dortmund

  • Please take the exit "Essen Frillendorf".

 

How to get get around Essen and the local area by train

 

Important local connections to and from Essen:


S-Bahn

  • S1 Düsseldorf Hbf. - D-Flughafen - Duisburg - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Essen - Bochum - Dortmund
  • S2 Dortmund - Herne - Recklinghausen - Wanne Eickel - Gelsenkirchen - Essen
  • S3 Oberhausen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Essen - Hattingen
  • S6 Essen - Ratingen Ost - Düsseldorf - Langenfeld - Köln Hansaring
  • S9 Haltern - Marl - Gelsenkirchen Buer Nord - Gladbeck - Bottrop - Essen - Essen Steele Ost

 

Regionalexpress RE & Regionalbahn RB

  • RE 1 Aachen - Düsseldorf - Essen - Bochum - Dortmund - Hamm
  • RE  2 Münster -  Recklinghausen - Gelsenkirchen  - Essen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Mönchengladbach
  • RE  6 Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
  • RE 11 Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn
  • RE 14 Essen - Bottrop - Dorsten - Rhade - Borken
  • RE 16 Essen - Bochum - Witten - Hagen - Finnentrop - Siegen
  • RB40 Essen - Bochum - Witten - Hagen - Iserlohn
  • RB42 Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Recklinghausen - Sythen - Münster
  • RB49 Wuppertal Hbf - Langenberg - Essen


Further information may be obtained via the Website of the Deutsche Bahn (German Train): www.bahn.de