There are 13 ways to get from Colchester to Germany by bus, plane, train (Eurostar), train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)STN - CGN
4h 35m€54–209Train via Dortmund
- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool Street
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbf
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof10 / ...
12h 31m€193–652Train, bus
- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool StreetNorwich - London Liverpool Street / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen OmnibusbahnhofN1328
22h 22m€95–274Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Colchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Berlin
10h 42mTrain to London City Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Colchester to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)LCY - FRA
4h 51m€126–433Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)STN - HAM
5h 4m€58–206Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Colchester to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LHR - DUS
5h 38m€104–326Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)STN - BER
5h 51m€62–186Train to London City Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Colchester to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)LCY - BER
5h 44m€111–497Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)STN - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
6h 58m€80–238Train
- Take the train from Colchester to London Liverpool Street
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
15h 43m€129–522Bus
- Take the bus from Coach Stop to London Victoria816
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationN1328
23h 32m€93–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Colchester to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Berlin
11h 50m€206–299
Colchester to Germany by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colchester to Germany is to bus and fly which costs €55 - €210 and takes 5h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Colchester to Germany is to bus and fly which takes 4h 35m and costs €50 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Colchester to Germany. However, there are services departing from Coach Stop and arriving at S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Grunerstr. via London Victoria and Reichartstr.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Colchester to Germany. However, there are services departing from Colchester and arriving at S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf via Liverpool Street station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Dortmund Hbf and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 31m.
The distance between Colchester and Germany is 557 km.
The best way to get from Colchester to Germany without a car is to train via Dortmund which takes 12h 31m and costs €190 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 35m to get from Colchester to Germany, including transfers.
Colchester to Germany bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Stop station.
Colchester to Germany train services, operated by Greater Anglia, depart from Colchester station.
The best way to get from Colchester to Germany is to train via Dortmund which takes 12h 31m and costs €190 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €250 and takes 23h 32m.
What companies run services between Colchester, England and Germany?
You can take a train from Colchester to S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf via London Liverpool Street, Liverpool Street station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Dortmund Hbf, and Berlin Hbf in around 12h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Coach Stop to S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Grunerstr. via London Victoria, Berlin Südkreuz train station, and Reichartstr. in around 23h 32m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Train from Colchester to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–85
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Colchester to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–80
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traincharter.eu
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–110
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Stop to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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Colchester to Germany bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria station.
Colchester to Germany train services, operated by Greater Anglia, arrive at London Liverpool Street station.
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