Distance | 309 miles (498 km) |
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Available travel modes | Bus, train or flight |
Ticket price range | $42 - $119 |
Cheapest mode | Bus • $42 (€37) • 14 h 50 min |
Fastest mode | Flight • $119 (€103) • 5 h 5 min |
Popular travel companies | BlaBlaCar, Eurowings or Deutsche Bahn |
Travel 309 miles (498 km) by bus, train or flight between Lucerne and Essen. The most popular travel companies which serve this trip are BlaBlaCar, Eurowings or Deutsche Bahn among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus, flight or train from Lucerne to Essen.
How to get from Lucerne to Essen by train, bus or flight.
The best way to travel from Lucerne to Essen is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
Find all the dates and times for this journey by train, bus, flight, and ferry .
Eurowings and Deutsche Bahn will get you between Lucerne and Essen at great prices. With over 1000 travel companies on Omio, you can find the best travel times, prices and tickets for your trip.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the main provider of travel services in Germany, making on average 40,000 journeys per day. A special feature of Deutsche Bahn is its wide range of ticket types, savings offers including Super Saver, Saver, and Flexible fares and discount cards like the Bahncard 25, 50 and 100, which you can also use for your travel from Lucerne to Essen. DB uses different types of travel such as the ICE (Intercity Express), IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn) on its routes, which differ in terms of comfort and the time required to travel. For example, while bathrooms are standard amenities, services like an onboard restaurant or free WiFi are only available on certain travel.
Eurowings is Germany's leading low-cost airline and offers a choice of Smart, Best and BIZclass fares for your next travel to Essen from Lucerne.
You can get between Lucerne and Essen 3 different ways: bus, train or flight.
The cheapest way to travel from Lucerne to Essen is a bus with an average price of $42 (€37).
This is compared to other travel options from Lucerne to Essen:
A bus is $77 (€67) less than a flight for this journey with tickets for a flight from Lucerne to Essen costing on average $119 (€103).
A bus is $8 (€7) less than a train with an average ticket price of $50 (€43) from Lucerne to Essen.
The fastest way from Lucerne to Essen is by flight with an average journey time of 5 h 5 min.
There are alternative travel options to Essen that take longer:
Bus takes 14 h 50 min on average.
Train takes 7 h 26 min on average.
Essen is approximately 309 miles (498 km) away from Lucerne.
The average frequency per day from Lucerne to Essen is:
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route to Essen from Lucerne as scheduled services by bus, train or flight can vary by season or day of the week.
These are the most popular departure and arrival points from Lucerne to Essen:
The following travel companies offer services from Lucerne to Essen:
Yes, there are direct routes from Lucerne to Essen with the following travel companies:
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 trip.
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