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| Operated by | Vehicle type | Departure time | Departure location | Trip duration | Arrival time | Arrival location | Recommended | Price and booking link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rotterdam Centraal | Essen Central Train Station | No tags | |||||
| Rotterdam Centraal | Essen Central Train Station | No tags | |||||
Deutsche Bahn ICE + Deutsche Bahn | Rotterdam Centraal | Essen Central Train Station | No tags | |||||
| Rotterdam Centraal | Essen Central Train Station | No tags | |||||
| Rotterdam Centraal | Essen Central Train Station | No tags |
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Among the sustainable travel choices, the bus stands out as the good way to reach Essen. The journey takes about 4 hours 40 minutes and with fares starting at just $24, it presents an excellent value for a comfortable ride.
Train Rotterdam to Essen: Trip Overview
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Rotterdam to Essen Train
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Do you like to go fast? With high-speed trains going faster than 300 km/h on certain routes, the time will fly by. Taking a train between Rotterdam and Essen is also a great way to travel to arrive in the city centre and save more time for your stay in Essen.
Whether you take a regional or high-speed train to Essen, you’ll help reduce the environmental impact and carbon footprint of your trip. As you watch the landscapes unfold before your eyes, you can tell yourself that with this choice, you are making sure they remain protected.
By choosing the train between Rotterdam and Essen, you emit up to 30 times less CO2 than for the same journey made by plane or car!
Make a music playlist for your train ride from Rotterdam to Essen, and enjoy the scenery to tunes from your own personal soundtrack.
Did you know?
The first high-speed train line was inaugurated in 1964, in Japan, to connect Tokyo with Osaka. It was during the Olympics that the first passengers traveled aboard the Shinkansen at a speed of 210 km / h.
New York holds the record for the most platforms and track numbers in a single station. Grand Central Station in Manhattan is one of the largest rail terminals in the world with more than 44 platforms and 67 tracks to accommodate passengers.
Railway companies played a major role as early as 1883 in the use of time zones as we know them today.
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