Travel optionsfrom Bottrop to Essen
How to get to Essen from Bottrop by train, bus, flight or ferry.
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The best way to travel from Bottrop to Essen is by taking a train because it’s the best combination of price and speed.

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This is compared to other travel options from Bottrop to Essen:
A coach is £4 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Bottrop to Essen costing on average £7.
Other travel options to Essen take longer:
Coach takes on average 16m.
- Around 25 trains per day.
- Around 5 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Bottrop and Essen as scheduled services by train and coach can vary by season or day of the week.
- Travel with Deutsche Bahn, RheinRuhrBahn to go to Essen by train.
- Travel with Ruhrbahn GmbH, BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH, Vestische Strassenbahnen GmbH to go to Essen by coach.
- 25 direct trains per day with Deutsche Bahn, RheinRuhrBahn.
- 5 direct coaches per day with Ruhrbahn GmbH, BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH, Vestische Strassenbahnen GmbH.
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