There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Czechia by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane DUS - PRG
4h 29mKč 1,955–5,400Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 020 / ...
12h 30mKč 918–1,333Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 540
9h 18mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
9h 24mKč 2,779–4,540Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the night train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazinighttrain En
11h 4mKč 3,569–6,330Train to Frankfurt, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane FRA - PRG
4h 25mKč 2,233–5,226Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane DUS - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain
5h 52mKč 2,682–9,800Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
6h 37mKč 1,775–6,325Drive 655.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Praguecar 655.4 km
6h 13mKč 2,376–3,432
Cologne to Czechia by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Czechia is to bus which costs 900 Kč - 1 400 Kč and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Czechia is to train and fly which takes 4h 25m and costs 2 200 Kč - 5 500 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Czechia. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Praha, Hlavní Nádraží via Frankfurt Central Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Czechia. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 24m.
The distance between Cologne and Czechia is 609 km. The road distance is 655.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Czechia without a car is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 29m to get from Cologne to Czechia, including transfers.
Cologne to Czechia bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
Cologne to Czechia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Czechia is to bus via Frankfurt am Main which takes 9h 18m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs 2 700 Kč - 4 600 Kč and takes 9h 24m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Czechia?
You can take a bus from Köln to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží via Frankfurt Central Train Station in around 9h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf in around 9h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–12,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,900–9,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–7,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–4,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–4,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–4,800
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–3,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–7,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–7,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–7,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–2,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–2,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–1,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 360–600
- 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
- Kč 600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- Kč 600–900
- Comfort
- Kč 650–900
- Premium
- Kč 1,000–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 400–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,610
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Night train from Wuerzburg Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,800–4,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 470–700
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–950
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Kč 600–950
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 240–440
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Czechia bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Cologne to Czechia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Nürnberg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Czechia is 655 km. It takes approximately 6h 13m to drive from Cologne to Czechia.
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