There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Kaliningrad by train, car, bus, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, drive
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Korszetrain Ic
- Drive from Korsze to Kaliningradcar
19h 49m₽24,465–59,218Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane EIN - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
13h 23m₽9,687–27,927Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
20h 11m₽17,235–32,707Drive 1,144.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kaliningradcar 1,144.3 km
13h 12m₽15,115–21,833Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane CGN - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
12h 17m₽10,558–27,566Bus
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
23h 8m₽12,350–17,516Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 900 / ...
25h 57m₽13,332–24,080Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane FRA - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
10h 34m₽16,170–36,289Train to Dortmund Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)plane DTM - GDN
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
11h 23m
Cologne to Kaliningrad by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kaliningrad is to bus which costs RUB 12000 - RUB 18000 and takes 23h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kaliningrad is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 34m and costs RUB 16000 - RUB 37000.
The distance between Cologne and Kaliningrad is 1551 km. The road distance is 1144.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kaliningrad without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 20h 11m and costs RUB 17000 - RUB 33000.
It takes approximately 19h 49m to get from Cologne to Kaliningrad, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kaliningrad is 1144 km. It takes approximately 13h 12m to drive from Cologne to Kaliningrad.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kaliningrad, Russia?
Kaliningrad Bus Terminal operates a bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station once a week. Tickets cost ₽12,000–17,000 and the journey takes 22h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–33,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–25,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–21,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–20,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,900–14,000
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–14,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–24,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,000–7,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–19,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–18,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–3,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽950–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,600–4,500
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–8,500
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,900–6,500
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–5,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Korsze
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–17,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,400–4,100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–2,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽550–1,400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽500–1,300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽4,800–7,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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