There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Imst by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain 89
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztaltrain Rjx / ...
8h 19m€136–348Train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Ötztaltrain Drf
11h 16m€48–128Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bregenz bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Bregenz to Imstbus
12h 45mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhofnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztaltrain Rjx / ...
11h 33m€91–203Drive 625.8 km
- Drive from Cologne to Imstcar 625.8 km
5h 56m€102–147Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztaltrain
6h 12m€125–338Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztaltrain
6h 42m€143–370Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztaltrain
8h 1m€109–470Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztaltrain
8h 27m€117–512Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztaltrain
7h 36m€132–357
Cologne to Imst by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Imst is to train which costs €45 - €130 and takes 11h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Imst is to drive which takes 5h 56m and costs €100 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Imst. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Imst via Zurich Bus Station and Bregenz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 45m.
The distance between Cologne and Imst is 795 km. The road distance is 625.8 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Imst without a car is to train via Munich which takes 8h 19m and costs €130 - €350.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Cologne to Imst, including transfers.
Cologne to Imst bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Köln station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Imst is to train via Munich which takes 8h 19m and costs €130 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 12h 45m.
Cologne to Imst bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Imst is 626 km. It takes approximately 5h 56m to drive from Cologne to Imst.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Imst, Austria?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Imst Terminal Post via München Hbf, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Imst-Pitztal, and Imst-Pitztal Bahnhof in around 8h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln to Imst via Zurich Bus Station and Bregenz in around 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €14–21
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–27
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €16–24
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–60
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Ötztal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- 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
- €16–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Imst-Pitztal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bregenz bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Bregenz to Imst
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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