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Essen → Innsbruck

Innsbruck → Essen ⇄
4 a weekfastest 12h05ÖBBNight train

Direct trains · no change

  • 20:44 → 08:49+1
    NJ 421 Night train
    Essen Hbf → Innsbruck Hbf · via Dortmund, Nuremberg, Munich, Kufstein
    12h0510 stops
    Runs: Sat, Sun (some weeks)ÖBB ↗

Local times at each station. From official open timetable data (de_delfi, de_rv) for 28 Sep – 25 Oct 2026; timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. How we build this.

Door to door vs flying

Overnight: leave 20:44, arrive 08:49

The plane is -8h29 quicker on paper, but the night train uses your night instead of a day and saves a hotel.

Train · fastest direct12h16
  • To Essen Hbf1 min
  • Before departure10 min
  • NJ 42112h05
Plane · nonstop DUS–INN4h45
  • To Düsseldorf (DUS)1h05
  • Check-in & security1h30
  • Flight DUS–INN1h30
  • Landing to exit20 min
  • From INN20 min

From city centre to city centre unless you pick otherwise. Getting to stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Airport: check-in & security 1h30 before, 20 min to get out after landing. Flight time is typical for the distance. Nonstop airlines: Eurowings.