There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Brig by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain Ic6 / ...
6h 56mCHF 64–375Night train, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain Ic6 / ...
9h 41mCHF 45–305Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof Westbus
- Take the train from Spiez to Brigtrain Ic8 / ...
11h 56mDrive 717.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Brigcar 717.5 km
7h 6mCHF 115–166Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain Ic6 / ...
7h 10mCHF 81–374Train to Frankfurt, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Basel (BSL)plane FRA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Brigtrain
6h 13mCHF 157–548Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane CGN - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
6h 38mCHF 67–212Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
6h 33mCHF 133–401Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
6h 59mCHF 140–420Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
7h 9mCHF 52–191Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take the train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossolatrain
7h 56mCHF 91–266Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Domodossolatrain
8h 16mCHF 64–251
Cologne to Brig by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Brig is to train and fly which costs SFr 50 - SFr 200 and takes 7h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Brig is to train and fly which takes 6h 13m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 550.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Brig. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Brig via Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Brig is 697 km. The road distance is 717.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Brig without a car is to train which takes 6h 56m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 380.
It takes approximately 6h 56m to get from Cologne to Brig, including transfers.
Cologne to Brig train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
Cologne to Brig train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Brig is 718 km. It takes approximately 7h 6m to drive from Cologne to Brig.
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What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Brig, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Brig via Basel SBB in around 6h 56m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–290
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–480
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–130
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–140
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Spiez to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Spiez to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 327 32 71
- Website
- bls.ch
Train from Spiez to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–16
- Website
- https://www.bls.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- CHF 90–95
- Couchette Carriage
- CHF 55–70
- Seating Carriage
- CHF 30–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–22
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho Fiera Milano to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 15–22
- 2nd Class
- CHF 19–26
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Zürich HB Schweizerhof to Interlaken Bahnhof West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–27
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
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