By bus
Direct long-distance buses run from many major European cities. Deutsche Touring (http://www.touring.de) is the major operator.
By plane
Düsseldorf international DUS (http://www.dus-int.de/dus_en/)
Düsseldorf has excellent highway connections. By car, you can be inside the Ruhr Area in about 15 minutes. Or take the train. The airport has two stations. Take the S-Bahn from the terminal station to Düsseldorf main station and from there the Regional-Express towards Duisburg. Or use the overhead railway 'Skytrain' to get to long-distance station about five minutes and from there the Regional-Express towards Duisburg. For early morning departures, a direct RegionalExpress train runs from the Ruhr area to Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal station.
Airport Dortmund DTM (http://www.dortmund-airpo...) Shuttle buses to Dortmund main railway station and Holzwickede railway station. Public transport buses towards Unna and Dortmund-Aplerbeck Stadtbahn station.
Airport Weeze-Niederrhein NRN (http://www.airport-weeze....) Public transport bus towards Duisburg and Essen.
By train
The cities of Duisburg, Mühlheim note that not all trains stop here, Essen, Bochum, Dortmund and Hamm are situated at the main south-north route and are therefore often hit by long-distance trains. From there, there is a non-straight-tight, but sufficient network of commuter trains and subways in other cities at the Ruhr.
By car
Highways lead to the Ruhr from all directions. In the north-south direction, the A1 Hamburg-Cologne leads through the eastern Ruhr area. The A3 Arnhem-Cologne-Frankfurt opens to the west part and Oberhausen and Duisburg. In east-west direction, the A2 Oberhausen-Hannover runs through the northern part of the Ruhr. The central and southern area around Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund is accessible from the A40 Ruhrschnellweg. East of Dortmund, the A40 changes its name to A44. Directly from the north, crossing the Münsterland, the A31 leads to the center of the region, from the south the A45 Sauerland line leads the Ruhr.There are numerous other highways which run through the different regions of the Ruhr.