There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Fort William by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
8h 43m£93–223Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CGN - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
8h 33m£61–185Train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Fort Williamtrain
15h 29m£264–471Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles-Nordtrain Nj
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the bus from Sheffield Interchange/E2 to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 180
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 915
26h 59m£133–253Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cologne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Fort Williamcar
14h 23mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DUS - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort Williambus
10h 2m£95–226Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CGN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort Williambus
9h 42m£88–208Train to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FRA - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort Williambus
8h 34m£122–291Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort Williambus
10h 14m£95–291Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
11h£88–258Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRN - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
10h 20mBus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 915
28h 38m£85–277Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Fort Williamcar
15h 29m£200–307
Cologne to Fort William by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to fly and bus which costs £60 - £190 and takes 8h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to fly and bus which takes 8h 33m and costs £60 - £190.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Fort William. However, there are services departing from Koeln Hbf and arriving at Fort William via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 29m.
The distance between Cologne and Fort William is 690 miles.
The best way to get from Cologne to Fort William without a car is to train which takes 15h 29m and costs £260 - £480.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Cologne to Fort William, including transfers.
Cologne to Fort William train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to train which takes 15h 29m and costs £260 - £480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £280 and takes 28h 38m.
Fort William is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 11:50 PM in Cologne and 10:50 PM in Fort William.
Cologne to Fort William train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Fort William, Scotland?
You can take a train from Koeln Hbf to Fort William via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 15h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Bus Station via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, London Victoria, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 28h 38m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Weeze Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- 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
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–33
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sheffield Interchange/E2 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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