There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Cluses by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, train, car, train (TGV), or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Cluses 74train Tgv
9h 8m€115–331Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Lyonbus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Lyon to Clusesbus Ski72
14h 38m€84–115Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbbnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Clusesbus
13h 29m€94–336Drive 692.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Clusescar 692.5 km
8h 32m€107–154Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Delémont to Renens VDtrain Ic
- Take the train from Renens VD to Annemassetrain
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train Ter
10h 50m€119–403Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane DUS - GVA
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train
6h 40m€114–298Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CGN - GVA
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train
7h 49m€109–281Train to Frankfurt, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train
6h 41m€155–353Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BRU - GVA
- Take the train from Annemasse to Cluses 74train
7h 51m€110–270Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUS - LYS
- Take the bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Annecy - Bus Stationbus
8h 51m€112–329
Cologne to Cluses by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Cluses is to bus which costs €80 - €120 and takes 14h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Cluses is to train and fly which takes 6h 40m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Cluses. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Cluses 74 via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 8m.
The distance between Cologne and Cluses is 1078 km. The road distance is 692.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cluses without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 8m and costs €110 - €340.
It takes approximately 9h 8m to get from Cologne to Cluses, including transfers.
Cologne to Cluses train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Cluses is to train via Paris which takes 9h 8m and costs €110 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €120 and takes 14h 38m.
Cologne to Cluses train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Cluses is 693 km. It takes approximately 8h 32m to drive from Cologne to Cluses.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Cluses, France?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Cluses 74 via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Cluses via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Lyon in around 14h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Cluses 74
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Annemasse to Cluses 74
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- 1st Class
- €150–260
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- 1st Class
- €150–260
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Delémont to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Annemasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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 Annemasse to Cluses 74
- Ave. Duration
- 46 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 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Cluses
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Annecy - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Bern to Cluses
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Annecy - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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