There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Fort William by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- 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 37m£192–523Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- 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£74–271Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles-Nordtrain Nj
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the bus from George Street to Fort Williambus
24h 17m£82–297Drive, 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 Terminal Building to Bus Stationbus
10h 36m£89–264Bus
- 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 7m£80–161Drive, 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 24m£214–328Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CGN - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Bus Stationbus
9h 36m£80–202Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
9h 30m£98–322Train, 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 Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Bus Stationbus
10h 28m£108–297Train, 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 Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort Williambus
11h£88–314
Cologne to Fort William by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to bus which costs £75 - £170 and takes 28h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 43m and costs £70 - £280.
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 37m.
The distance between Cologne and Fort William is 921 miles.
The best way to get from Cologne to Fort William without a car is to train which takes 15h 37m and costs £190 - £550.
It takes approximately 15h 37m to get from Cologne to Fort William, including transfers.
Cologne to Fort William train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Fort William is to train which takes 15h 37m and costs £190 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £170 and takes 28h 7m.
Fort William is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 7:43 AM in Cologne and 6:43 AM in Fort William.
Cologne to Fort William train services, operated by Eurostar, 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 37m. 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 7m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- 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
- £22–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £22–35
- Comfort
- £23–35
- Premium
- £35–50
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £26–40
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- 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
- £55–140
- 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
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–300
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £22–35
- 1st Class
- £45–75
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from George Street to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–60
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Terminal Building to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–55
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–55
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Fort William
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1–60
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal Building to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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