There are 10 ways to get from Cluses to Cologne by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, night train, car, train (TGV), or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbftrain Tha
9h 23m€104–452Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cluses to Lyonbus Ski72
- Take the bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N710
13h 55m€83–130Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Cluses to Bernbus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel Bad Bftrain Ice / ...
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
14h 2m€93–353Drive 692.1 km
- Drive from Cluses to Colognecar 692.1 km
8h 34m€107–154Train
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain Ter
- Take the train from Annemasse to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
10h 42m€127–311Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane GVA - CGN
7h 16m€99–251Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
6h 16m€110–295Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 25m€135–341Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GVA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 2m€98–241Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cluses 74 to Annemassetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
8h 47m€136–327
Cluses to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cluses to Cologne is to bus which costs €80 - €130 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cluses to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 16m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Cluses to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Cluses 74 and arriving at Köln Hbf via Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 23m.
The distance between Cluses and Cologne is 1078 km. The road distance is 692.1 km.
The best way to get from Cluses to Cologne without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 23m and costs €100 - €460.
It takes approximately 9h 23m to get from Cluses to Cologne, including transfers.
Cluses to Cologne train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Cluses 74 station.
The best way to get from Cluses to Cologne is to train via Paris which takes 9h 23m and costs €100 - €460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €130 and takes 13h 55m.
Cluses to Cologne train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cluses to Cologne is 692 km. It takes approximately 8h 34m to drive from Cluses to Cologne.
What companies run services between Cluses, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Cluses 74 to Köln Hbf via Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Nord in around 9h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cluses to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Lyon, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Cluses 74 to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Cluses 74 to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–10
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Annemasse to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cluses 74 to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- 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 Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- 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
- +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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluses to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Cluses to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
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