Car Hire in Essen Rail Station - Mini guide to Essen Rail Station

Essen Rail Station, or Essen Hauptbahnhof as it is referred to in German, serves as the main train station for the city of Essen. The station's convenient location south of Essen's old city centre makes it an ideal place to provide car hire at Essen Rail Station.

Essen Rail Station has existed since 1862, but had to be almost completely reconstructed during the 1950s and 1960s after being damaged extensively during WWII. Nowadays, the station serves as an important connection between regional Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn and RegionalExpress trains with long distance trains from InterCity and InterCityExpress which travel throughout Europe.

Today, the station is undergoing another major renovation, but remains the best place to locate cheap car hire at Essen Rail Station. Quite a few of the more than 135,000 visitors who enter the station on at least 401 different trains each day choose car rental at Essen Rail Station.

The best place to seek advice on cheap car hire at Essen Rail Station is its central meeting place, DB Service Point, where visitors may find information about nearby hotel reservations, Essen attractions, or car rental in Essen Rail Station. The latter can most easily be found at the station's Europcar, Hertz, or Sixt depots.

Among the other amenities at Essen Rail Station include 170 bicycle racks, a conference room which can seat up to 15 people and must be booked five working days beforehand, and 34 restaurants and shops selling a variety of goods such as books, flowers, cosmetics, and costume jewellery. Essen Rail Station also includes a Burger King.

Car hire deals in: Germany

We rent the following types of cars: Economy (Vauxhall Corsa or equiv.), Mini, Small family (Ford Focus or equiv.), Medium family (Toyota Avensis or equiv.), large family (BMW 5 series), 4x4, SUV, Convertible, Van, Sports car, Luxury cars.

Hire cheap cars from the following suppliers, Ebookers, Opodo, Avis, Expedia, Sixt, Thrifty and budget rental prices from EasyCar, Budget, Holiday Autos, Economy, 121carhire.