There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Craiova by train, plane, bus, car, or night train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUS - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
8h 55mTrain, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain 79 / ...
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the train from Bucharest to Craiovatrain
22h 45m$51–100Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhoftrain Ice
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
26h 28m$261–603Drive 1,737.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Craiovacar 1,737.7 km
17h 40m$287–414Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane DTM - CRA
6h 10mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Craiova Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane CGN - CRA
7h 58m$79–316Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane CRL - CRA
7h 46m$112–366Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucuresti to Piteştibus
- Take the bus from Piteşti to Craiovabus
29h 20mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
29h 25m$143–319Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Devabus
- Take the train from Deva to Craiovatrain Deva - Bucureşti Nord Gr.A
31h 3m$93–160
Cologne to Craiova by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Craiova is to train and bus which costs $50 - $100 and takes 22h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Craiova is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 46m and costs $110 - $370.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Köln Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Craiova via Bucuresti and Piteşti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Craiova via Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 28m.
The distance between Cologne and Craiova is 1917 km. The road distance is 1737.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Craiova without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 45m and costs $50 - $100.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Cologne to Craiova, including transfers.
Cologne to Craiova bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Köln Hauptbahnhof station.
Cologne to Craiova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Craiova is to train which takes 26h 28m and costs $260 - $650. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $75 - $320 and takes 7h 58m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 29h 20m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Craiova via Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 26h 28m. Alternatively, Jet2.com, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Craiova Airport (CRA) once daily.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Craiova Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Craiova Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $18–30
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–22
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Deva to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–160
- Couchette Carriage
- $95–120
- Seating Carriage
- $60–75
- Phone
- +40 768 922 512
- office@bbilantravel.ro
- Website
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Piteşti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $162
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0250.730.333
- rezervari@antares-transport.ro
- Website
- antares-transport.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Piteşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- antarestransport.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0353.806.666
- office@eta.ro
- Website
- eta.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Piteşti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eta.ro
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Köln Hbf to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
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Cologne to Craiova bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Craiova is 1h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 4:34 PM in Cologne and 5:34 PM in Craiova.
Cologne to Craiova train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Nürnberg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Craiova is 1738 km. It takes approximately 17h 40m to drive from Cologne to Craiova.
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