There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Kielce by train, plane, bus, car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DUS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glownetrain
7h 45mzł 367–1,060Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane EIN - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glownetrain
10h 39mzł 300–1,375Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kielce Glownetrain Ic / ...
15h 20mzł 965–2,213Bus
- Take the bus from Bensberg Busbahnhof to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N20
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kielce, Bus Stationbus 1262 / ...
20h 37mzł 359–622Drive 1,143 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kielcecar 1,143 km
10h 50mzł 687–993Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane DUS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kielce Glownetrain
8h 10mzł 452–1,262Train to Frankfurt, fly to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE)plane FRA - RZE
- Take the taxi from Rzeszow-Airport-RZE to Kielcetaxi
6h 56mzł 1,029–2,009Train to Frankfurt, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane FRA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glownetrain
7h 56mzł 527–1,300Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
- Take the train from Katowice to Kielce Glownetrain
9h 23mTrain, train to Maastricht Aachen Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Meerssentrain
- Fly from Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane MST - KTW
- Take the train from Katowice to Kielce Glownetrain
10h 2mzł 382–1,308Train via Wrocław
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 51
- 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 Kielce Glownetrain Ic
16h 30mzł 1,019–2,450Bus via Katowice
- Take the bus from Köln to Katowicebus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Katowice Bus Station to Kielce Bus Stationbus Wroclavia-Kharkiv
33h 49m
Cologne to Kielce by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kielce is to bus which costs 350 zł - 650 zł and takes 20h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kielce is to train and fly and taxi which takes 6h 56m and costs 1 000 zł - 2 100 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Kielce station. However, there are services departing from Köln Breslauer Platz/Hbf and arriving at Kielce, Bus Station via Bensberg Busbahnhof and Krakow, MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Kielce. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Kielce Glowne via Hagen Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin and Warszawa Zachodnia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 20m.
The distance between Cologne and Kielce is 1122 km. The road distance is 1143 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kielce without a car is to train which takes 15h 20m and costs 950 zł - 2 300 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Cologne to Kielce, including transfers.
Cologne to Kielce bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bensberg Busbahnhof station.
Cologne to Kielce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kielce is to train which takes 15h 20m and costs 950 zł - 2 300 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 350 zł - 650 zł and takes 20h 37m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kielce, Poland?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Kielce Glowne via Hagen Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, and Warszawa Zachodnia in around 15h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Breslauer Platz/Hbf to Kielce, Bus Station via Bensberg Busbahnhof and Krakow, MDA Bus Station in around 20h 37m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–1,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 230–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 100–470
Flights from Maastricht Aachen Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 130–750
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 180–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–950
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–750
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 170–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 390–900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 55–130
- 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
- zł 45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,400
- 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
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–200
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 310–700
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–280
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Katowice to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 140–310
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–250
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 200–440
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 25–35
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Meerssen
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 70–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Meerssen
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 85–130
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Aachen Hbf to Meerssen
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 42–47
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 42–47
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 23–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- zł 160–210
- 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
- zł 120–380
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 180–320
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bensberg Busbahnhof to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 320–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kielce, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Katowice Bus Station to Kielce Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Estimated price
- zł 500–600
TAXI Piotr
- Phone
- +48 505 183 330
Super Taxi Rzeszów 19622
- Phone
- +48 17 19 622
- Website
- supertaxi9622.pl
Euro Taxi
- Phone
- +48 800 227 260
- Website
- eurotaxi.rze.pl
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Kielce bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Cologne to Kielce train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hagen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kielce is 1143 km. It takes approximately 10h 50m to drive from Cologne to Kielce.
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