Essen → Kassel
Essen to Kassel by train
Essen
Kassel
A direct train runs from Essen to Kassel, scheduled from 2 h 18 min, with 100 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 18 min (typically 2 h 34 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 100
- Operators
- National Express, OBB (Austrian Federal Railways)
- Stations
- Essen Hbf → Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Straight-line distance
- 173 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inKassel →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 26 Oct 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Essen to Kassel; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): DE Regionalverkehr (regional rail). How Head Your Way works.
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