How to get from Merlscheid to Dusseldorf

Plan it for your day Dusseldorf to Merlscheid

Fastest: 1h 57m; by car, door to door
Cheapest: €15; by car
Distance: 125 km; as the crow flies
Departures today: 6; 4 ways, Sun 1 Nov

4 ways to travel

125 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 1 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare.

best1h 55m quicker than the bus and €63 cheaper.

Data: Timetables via Transitous · Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM · Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · All credits and licences

Before you go

Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Germany; the planner lets you pick yours.

Likely no visa needed for Belgium · Germany passport (assumed)Check rules

Exercise increased caution in GermanyUS
Exercise increased caution in BelgiumUS
Exercise increased caution in The NetherlandsUS

Travel advice: US State Department. Visa rules: Passport Index data (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules.

Departures today

Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to get from Merlscheid to Dusseldorf?

The fastest way is by car: about 1h 57m door to door. The straight-line distance is 125 km.

What is the cheapest way from Merlscheid to Dusseldorf?

Drive is the cheapest, from €15. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote.

Is there a direct train from Merlscheid to Dusseldorf?

Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 4h 35m.

How much is the bus from Merlscheid to Dusseldorf?

Buses take about 3h 53m and cost €62–123 depending on operator and seat type. 5 departures appear in today's timetable window.

How far is Dusseldorf from Merlscheid by road?

About 151 km, roughly 1h 57m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €15–21; tolls and parking are extra.

Who runs it

Buses

LETEC
Aachener Straßenbahn- und Energieversorgungs-AG
BlaBlaCar Bus
FlixBus-eu
Tempus mobil
ARRIVA_ZL

Railways

National Express
NMBS/SNCB
DB Regio AG NRW

Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here.

In Dusseldorf

Capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2025 population of 619,444. Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Krefeld, Hilden, Langenfeld, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Dormagen, Erkrath, Solingen, and Monheim. Düsseldorf is the central city of Rhine-Ruhr, the second-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, which stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr.

The Dusseldorf guide

Worth your time

Theatermuseum
The Old Town of Düsseldorf, almost completely destroyed during World War II, was rebuilt according to historic plans on its foundation walls, which makes it look like a real historic town.
Burgplatz
Here was the erstwhile castle of the Earls of Berg, the later duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg.
Cartwheelers' Fountain
Radschläger wolle mer blieve, wie jeck et de Mensche och drieve (local dialect: "we will stay cartwheelers, however crazy the world might be") is the legend of the fountain.
Schifffahrtmuseum Düsseldorf
The shipping museum in the old castle tower.

From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)

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4 ways to travel

Before you go

Departures today

Questions people ask

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