There are 10 ways to get from Cholet to Cologne by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Cholet to Angers St Laudtrain Ter
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 31m€263–440Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Gare Routière to Gare Routière et SNCFbus 407
- Take the bus from Angers - Bus Station Esplanade to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cologne Airport CGNbus N74
15h 37m€68–115Drive 832.9 km
- Drive from Cholet to Colognecar 832.9 km
7h 50m€134–193Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cholet to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NTE - CGN
8h 3m€124–363Bus, train
- Take the bus from Pont de Lattre to Gare Routière et SNCFbus 407
- Take the train from Angers Saint-Laud to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
9h 52m€148–344Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cholet to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NTE - DUS
7h 59m€117–313Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Cholet to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NTE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 54m€141–356Train, train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cholet to Angers St Laudtrain
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane RNS - DUS
12h 5m€199–448Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Cholet to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NTE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 59m€130–398Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Cholet to Angers St Laudtrain
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CDG - DUS
8h 26m€185–449
Cholet to Cologne by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cholet to Cologne is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 15h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cholet to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 54m and costs €140 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Cholet to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Gare Routière and arriving at Cologne Airport CGN via Angers - Bus Station Esplanade and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Cholet to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Cholet and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Angers St Laud, Montparnasse Bienvenue and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 31m.
The distance between Cholet and Cologne is 888 km. The road distance is 832.9 km.
The best way to get from Cholet to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs €260 - €440.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Cholet to Cologne, including transfers.
Cholet to Cologne bus services, operated by Aléop en Maine-et-Loire, depart from Gare Routière station.
Cholet to Cologne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Cholet station.
The best way to get from Cholet to Cologne is to train which takes 7h 31m and costs €260 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €120 and takes 15h 37m.
What companies run services between Cholet, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Cholet to Koeln Hbf via Angers St Laud, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, and Paris Nord in around 7h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gare Routière to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 via Gare Routière et SNCF, Angers - Bus Station Esplanade, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Cologne Airport CGN, and Koeln/Bonn Flughafen in around 15h 37m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
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 Cholet to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers St Laud to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers Saint-Laud to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers St Laud to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Cholet to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Angers St Laud to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Angers St Laud to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Angers St Laud to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Angers St Laud to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- 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
- €11–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 02 41 22 72 95
- Website
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare Routière to Gare Routière et SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Pont de Lattre to Gare Routière et SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Angers - Bus Station Esplanade to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Cholet to Cologne bus services, operated by Aléop en Maine-et-Loire, arrive at Gare Routière et SNCF station.
Cholet to Cologne train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Angers St Laud station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cholet to Cologne is 833 km. It takes approximately 7h 50m to drive from Cholet to Cologne.
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