How to travel from Gelsenkirchen to Essen
4.9
4.6Travel Information to Essen from Gelsenkirchen
 Distance | 6 miles (9 km) |
|---|---|
 Available travel modes | Train or bus |
 Ticket price range | $3 - $6 |
 Cheapest mode | Bus • $3 (€3) • 12 min |
 Fastest mode | Bus • $3 (€3) • 12 min |
 Popular travel companies | BlaBlaCar or Deutsche Bahn |
Take a train or bus to travel 6 miles (9 km) to Essen from Gelsenkirchen. The most popular travel companies which serve this route are BlaBlaCar or Deutsche Bahn among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus or train from Gelsenkirchen to Essen.
Travel optionsfrom Gelsenkirchen to Essen
How to get from Gelsenkirchen to Essen by train, bus or flight.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Gelsenkirchen to Essen is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
Cheapest
Fastest
Find all the dates and times for this journey by train, bus, flight, and ferry .
Compare prices and tickets Prices for trains, buses and flights
Sep 10
Sep 11
Sep 12
Sep 13
Sep 14
Sep 15
Sep 16
More than 1,000 travel companies trust us to sell their tickets all in one place.
All travel companies: Train from Gelsenkirchen to Essen
Travel between Gelsenkirchen and Essen on Deutsche Bahn travel with Omio. When comparing schedules and tickets, we will also show you other options with multiple connections or other travel modes if they’re available.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is Germany’s main provider of travel services and makes on average about 40,000 domestic and international journeys per day. Deutsche Bahn’s fleet of travel includes the high-speed ICE (Intercity Express) as well as the IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn), which differ in terms of comfort and the time needed to travel. For example, while toilets are standard amenities, services like onboard restaurants or free WiFi are only available on certain train types and routes. Deutsche Bahn is well-known for its wide range of fares like Super Saver, Saver, and Flexible and discount cards like the Bahncard 25, 50 and 100, which you can also use for your Gelsenkirchen to Essen travel.
FAQs: Travel from Gelsenkirchen to Essen
There are 2 travel options from Gelsenkirchen to Essen. You can take a train or bus.
The cheapest way to go to Essen from Gelsenkirchen is by taking a bus, which costs on average $3 (€3).
This is compared to other ways of getting from Gelsenkirchen to Essen:
Taking a bus costs $3 (€2) less than taking a train, which costs on average $6 (€5) for the same trip.
The fastest way to get to Essen from Gelsenkirchen is by bus with an average travel time of 12 min.
Other travel options to Essen take longer:
Taking a train requires on average 12 min of travel time.
Essen is approximately 6 miles (9 km) away from Gelsenkirchen.
The average frequency per day from Gelsenkirchen to Essen is:
- Around 2 buses per day.
- 50 trains a day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your trip from Gelsenkirchen to Essen as scheduled services by train or bus can vary by season or day of the week.
These are the most popular departure and arrival points from Gelsenkirchen to Essen:
- Trains mostly leave from Gelsenkirchen Hbf and tend to arrive in Essen Hbf.
Omio works with many trusted partners that can help you travel the best way from Gelsenkirchen to Essen:
- You can travel between Gelsenkirchen and Essen by bus with BlaBlaCar or FlixBus. You can find cheap tickets on Omio for $3 (€3) with FlixBus from Gelsenkirchen to Essen.
- You can go to Essen from Gelsenkirchen by train with Deutsche Bahn, National Express or FlixTrain. You'll see cheap train tickets for $6 (€5) with FlixTrain from Gelsenkirchen to Essen on Omio.
Yes, there are direct routes from Gelsenkirchen to Essen with the following travel companies:
- You can check for a direct bus to Essen with FlixBus with 2 direct buses per day.
- You'll find 50 direct trains a day to Essen with Deutsche Bahn, National Express or FlixTrain.
Direct services to Essen tend to save you time and add more convenience as you won't need to transfer at another stop in between, so it's worth paying attention to before booking tickets for your journey.
Travelling from Gelsenkirchen to Essen: related information
Here are some other resources that might have the information you need
Most popular trains, buses and flights
Travel to popular destinations by train, bus or flight
The Omio App Makes Travel Planning Easy
We’ll get you where you want to go. From live train updates to mobile tickets, our innovative app is the ideal way to plan and keep track of your travel.
- Train Tickets
- Trains to Rome
- Trains to Paris
- Trains to Venice
- Trains to Berlin
- Trains to Barcelona
- Trains Madrid
- Trains London
- Trains Milan
- Trains Amsterdam
- Trains Stockholm
- Italy trains
- Spain trains
- France train
- Train Portugal
- Trains in Germany
- Train UK
- Trains Sweden
- Trains Netherlands
- Trains Austria
- Trains Switzerland
- SNCF
- Deutsche Bahn
- Amtrak
- Renfe
- Trenitalia
- Lisbon to Porto train
- Madrid to Barcelona train
- Copenhagen to Stockholm train
- Paris to Amsterdam train
- London to Paris train
- Paris to Amsterdam train
- Vienna to Budapest train
- Milan to Paris train
- Vienna to Bratislava train
- New York to Washington DC train
- Paris to London train
- Barcelona to Madrid train
- Amsterdam to Paris train
- Rome to Florence train
- Madrid to Valencia train
- Madrid to Seville train
- Barcelona to Paris train
- Barcelona to Valencia train
- Stockholm to Copenhagen train
- Rome to Naples train
- Vienna to Budapest train
- Copenhagen to Malmo train
- Florence to Rome train
- Naples to Sorrento train
- Brussels to Paris train
- Budapest to Vienna train
- Berlin to Amsterdam train
- Berlin to Prague train
- Milan to Paris train
- Vienna to Prague train
- Bus Tickets
- Spain bus
- Bus France
- Bus to London
- Bus to Paris
- Bus to Madrid
- Bus to Amsterdam
- Bus to Barcelona
- Bus to Malaga
- Bus to Lisbon
- Bus to Porto
- Bus to Stockholm
- Bus to Berlin
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Flixbus
- Alsa
- RegioJet
- Greyhound bus
- Bus Italy
- UK buses
- Bus Germany
- Bus Portugal
- Buses Sweden
- Buses Netherlands
- Buses Poland
- Buses Belgium
- London to Paris bus
- Bus Madrid Barcelona
- Paris to Amsterdam
- Barcelona bus to Valencia
- Brussels to Paris bus
- Lisbon to Porto bus
- Geneva to Chamonix bus
- Barcelona to Tossa de Mar bus
- Chamonix to Geneva bus
- Valencia to Barcelona bus
- Barcelona to Madrid bus
- Chamonix to Le Grand-Saconnex bus
- Paris to London bus
- Naples to Positano bus
- Naples to Sorrento bus
- Seville to Faro bus
- Le Grand-Saconnex to Chamonix bus
- Paris to Lisbon bus
- Barcelona to Andorra bus
- Seville to Granada bus
- Faro to Seville bus
- San Sebastian to Bilbao bus
- Amsterdam to Paris bus
- Vilnius to Minsk bus
- Lisbon to Lagos bus
- Lagos to Seville bus
- Sorrento to Naples bus
- Brussels to London bus
- Lisbon to Paris bus
- Porto to Lisbon bus
- Plane Tickets
- Flights to Chamonix
- Flights to Lyon
- Flights to Brussels
- Flights to Disneyland Paris
- Flights to Bristol
- Flights to Granada
- Flights to Bath
- Flights to Biarritz
- Flights to Glasgow
- Flights to Oslo
- Flights to Germany
- Flights to Italy
- Flights to France
- Flights to Portugal
- Flights to Poland
- Flights to Czech Republic
- Flights to Switzerland
- Flights to UK
- Flights to Austria
- Flights to Spain
- KLM
- Ryanair
- Vueling
- Air France
- Iberia
- Paris to Lisbon Flights
- Berlin to Paris Flights
- Berlin to Rome Flights
- Rome to Paris Flights
- Milan to Amsterdam Flights
- Milan to Paris Flights
- Paris to Barcelona Flights
- Paris to Chamonix flights
- Paris to Saint-Tropez flights
- Paris to Naples flights
- Paris to Monaco flights
- Berlin to London flights
- Rome to Berlin flights
- Berlin to Barcelona flights
- Berlin to Venice flights
- Berlin to Athens flights
- Barcelona to Marbella flights
- Berlin to Helsinki flights
- Rome to Munich flights
- Vienna to Lisbon flights
- Dusseldorf to Berlin flights
- Paris to Prague flights
- Faro to Paris flights
- Antwerp to London flights
- Milan to Berlin flights
- Paris to Warsaw flights
- Milan to Lisbon flights
- Berlin to Vienna flights
- Paris to London flights
- Bologna to Paris Flights
- Ferries
- Ferries Greece
- Ferries Croatia
- Ferries Spain
- Ferries Italy
- Zakynthos ferry
- Positano Jet
- NLG ferries
- DFDS Ferries
- Travelmar
- SNAV ferris
- Antiparos Athens ferry
- St-Malo Dublin ferry
- Brunnen Lucerne ferry
- Los Cristianos Las Palmas ferry
- Amalfi Praiano ferry
- Naples Capri ferry
- Genova Pisa ferry
- Piraeus Hydra ferry
- Genova Civitavecchia ferry
- Cairnryan Belfast ferry
- Travel
- Train stations in Europe
- Offers & Discounts
- Airport Transfers
- Travel Portugal
- Travel Spain
- Travel France
- Travel Italy
- Travel Germany
- Travel UK
- Travel Sweden
- Travel the Netherlands
- Travel to Paris
- Travel to Berlin
- Travel to Luxembourg
- Travel to London
- Travel Como
- Travel to Barcelona
- Travel to Rome
- Travel Trends in Europe
- Europe Trip
- Travel App
- Omio FAQs
- Journey Planner
- Student Discount Travel
- Trains to Disneyland Paris
- Essential Worker Discount
- Rome to Rio
- London to Paris
- Paris to London
- Madrid to Lisbon
- Barcelona to Tossa de Mar
- Washington to New York
- Nice to Saint-Tropez
- Paris to Amsterdam
- Boston to New York
- Madrid to Segovia
- Porto to Lisbon
- Bareclona to Paris
- London to Amsterdam
- Amsterdam to London
- London to Edinburgh
- Istanbul to Antalya
- Malaga to Gibralta
- Naples to Capri ferry
- Igoumenitsa to Venice ferry
- Stranraer to Larne ferry
- Sorrento Capri ferry
- Benidorm Ibiza ferry
- Mykonos Paros ferry
- Chania Santorini ferry
- Naples Positano ferry
- London Amsterdam ferry
- Mykonos Santorini ferry
- Dunkirk Dover ferry
- Kos Rhodes ferry
- Belfast Stranraer ferry
- Rotterdam Colchester ferry