There are 10 ways to get from Castres to Cologne by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain Ter
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
11h 44m€297–561Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncfbus 753
- Take the bus from Béziers to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Cologne Airport CGNbus
19h 13m€91–150Drive 1,078 km
- Drive from Castres to Colognecar 1,078 km
12h 39m€167–241Train, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane TLS - DUS
8h 1m€108–285Bus, train via Nîmes
- Take the bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncfbus 753
- Take the train from Beziers to Nimestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nimes to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbftrain Trn / ...
13h 10m€217–592Bus, train
- Take the bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncfbus 753
- Take the train from Beziers to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbftrain Trn / ...
13h 39m€267–552Train, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane TLS - CGN
7h 57m€94–249Train, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane TLS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 26m€129–421Train, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane TLS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
9h 45m€141–459Train, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus
- Take the train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane TLS - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclinedbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
9h 16m€99–376
Castres to Cologne by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Castres to Cologne is to bus which costs €90 - €150 and takes 19h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Castres to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 57m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Castres to Cologne. However, there are services departing from CASTRES - Gare Routière and arriving at Cologne Airport CGN via Gare Routière - SNCF, Béziers and Montpellier. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Castres to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Castres and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Toulouse Matabiau, Montparnasse Bienvenue and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 44m.
The distance between Castres and Cologne is 1412 km. The road distance is 1078 km.
The best way to get from Castres to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 11h 44m and costs €290 - €600.
It takes approximately 11h 44m to get from Castres to Cologne, including transfers.
Castres to Cologne bus services, operated by liO Occitanie - Tarn, depart from CASTRES - Gare Routière station.
Castres to Cologne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Castres station.
The best way to get from Castres to Cologne is to train which takes 11h 44m and costs €290 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €150 and takes 19h 13m.
What companies run services between Castres, Occitanie, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Castres to Koeln Hbf via Toulouse Matabiau, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, and Paris Nord in around 11h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Béziers - Sncf, Gare Routière - SNCF, Béziers, Montpellier, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 19h 13m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Beziers to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Castres to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Beziers to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Beziers to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Beziers to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €160–350
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +33 800 31 31 31
- Website
- liO Occitanie - Tarn
Bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Tarn
Bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Tarn
Bus from CASTRES - Gare Routière to Béziers - Sncf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Schedules at
- liO Occitanie - Tarn
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Béziers to Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Montpellier to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Flibco
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More Questions & Answers
Castres to Cologne bus services, operated by liO Occitanie - Tarn, arrive at Béziers - Sncf station.
Castres to Cologne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Toulouse Matabiau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Castres to Cologne is 1078 km. It takes approximately 12h 39m to drive from Castres to Cologne.
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