There are 10 ways to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MXP - CGN
3h 53m€69–233Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MXP - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
4h 34m€47–265Train
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Bellinzona
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBEc
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf43 / ...
9h 50m€60–258Bus
- Take the bus from Busto Arsizio to Frankfurt central train stationN474
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGNN280 / ...
14h€73–117Train, night train
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Freiburg(Breisgau) HbfEc
- Take the night train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Koeln HbfNj
13h 40m€115–397Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio to Milano Dateo
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LIN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
5h 32m€97–309Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Frankfurt (FRA)MXP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
4h 30m€86–252Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BGY - CGN
5h 32m€62–233Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBEc
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf43 / ...
10h 4m€73–356Drive 801.4 km
- Drive from Busto Arsizio to Cologne801.4 km
7h 35m€125–181
Busto Arsizio to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne is to bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 14h.
The fastest way to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne is to fly which takes 3h 53m and costs €65 - €240.
No, there is no direct train from Busto Arsizio to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Busto Arsizio Nord and arriving at Köln Hbf via Bellinzona and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 50m.
The distance between Busto Arsizio and Cologne is 624 km. The road distance is 801.4 km.
The best way to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 9h 50m and costs €60 - €260.
It takes approximately 3h 53m to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne, including transfers.
Busto Arsizio to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord S.r.l., depart from Busto Arsizio Nord station.
The best way to get from Busto Arsizio to Cologne is to fly which takes 3h 53m and costs €65 - €240. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €60 - €260 and takes 9h 50m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €120 and takes 14h.
Busto Arsizio to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord S.r.l., arrive at Bellinzona station.
Yes, the driving distance between Busto Arsizio to Cologne is 801 km. It takes approximately 7h 35m to drive from Busto Arsizio to Cologne.
What companies run services between Busto Arsizio, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Air Dolomiti, and Lufthansa fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Köln Hbf via Bellinzona and Basel SBB in around 9h 50m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio to Milano Dateo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €70–100
- 2nd Class
- €50–70
Train from Lugano to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €85–120
- 2nd Class
- €70–95
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–262
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–262
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–30
- 1st Class
- €30–50
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Busto Arsizio to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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