There are 10 ways to get from Ancona to Cologne by plane, car, car train, train, or bus
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Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane AOI - CGN
6h 23m€77–294Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ancona to Frankfurt central train stationbus N422
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGNbus 084 / ...
19h 58m€75–196Drive, car train
- Drive from Ancona to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
13h 11m€191–1,133Train, bus
- Take the train from Ancona Torrette to Riminitrain Re
- Take the bus from Rimini to Frankfurtbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Koblenz Stadtmittetrain Rb
- Take the train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Suedtrain Re
18h 36m€139–164Drive 1,249.3 km
- Drive from Ancona to Colognecar 1,249.3 km
11h 36m€194–281Fly Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane AOI - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 9m€113–328Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
5h 57m€84–326Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Ancona to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane FCO - CGN
8h 54m€83–304Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Ancona to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 57m€140–426Train
- Take the train from Ancona to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
13h 36m€146–262
Ancona to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ancona to Cologne is to bus which costs €75 - €200 and takes 19h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Ancona to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €80 - €330.
No, there is no direct train from Ancona to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Ancona and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 36m.
The distance between Ancona and Cologne is 963 km. The road distance is 1249.3 km.
The best way to get from Ancona to Cologne without a car is to train and bus which takes 18h 36m and costs €130 - €170.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Ancona to Cologne, including transfers.
Ancona to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Ancona station.
The best way to get from Ancona to Cologne is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs €75 - €300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €140 - €270 and takes 13h 36m, you could also bus, which costs €75 - €200 and takes 19h 58m.
Ancona to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ancona to Cologne is 1249 km. It takes approximately 11h 36m to drive from Ancona to Cologne.
What companies run services between Ancona, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and Eurowings fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ancona to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via München Hbf in around 13h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona Torrette to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Koblenz Stadtmitte
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €41
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koblenz Stadtmitte to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–25
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €26–40
- Premium
- €40–55
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ancona to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €43–48
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ancona to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Rimini to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ancona to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
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