There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Kielce by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)DUS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
7h 32mzł 439–1,239Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bensberg Busbahnhof to Krakow, MDA Bus StationN20
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Kielce, Bus Station1261B / ...
20h 37mzł 245–485Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna95
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Kielce GlowneIc / ...
14h 45mzł 642–1,112Drive 1,143 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kielce1,143 km
10h 45mzł 675–975Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)DUS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Sluzewiec to Kielce Glowne
7h 47mzł 361–1,232Train to Frankfurt, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)FRA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
7h 30mzł 560–1,359Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)EIN - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
9h 16mzł 480–1,309Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)DTM - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Sluzewiec to Kielce Glowne
8h 38mzł 246–1,089Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)DTM - KTW
- Take the train from Sosnowiec Glowny to Kielce Glowne
9h 11mzł 271–863Train to Frankfurt, fly to Wroclaw, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Kielce Glowne
9h 12mzł 549–1,356Train via Wrocław
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt51 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec BahnhofRe1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw GlownyOs
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Kielce GlowneIc
16h 24mzł 583–831Bus, train
- Take the bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wloszczowa Polnoc419 / ...
- Take the train from Wloszczowa Polnoc to Kielce GlowneR
20h 45mzł 324–903
Cologne to Kielce by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kielce is to bus which costs 240 zł - 490 zł and takes 20h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kielce is to train and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs 550 zł - 1 400 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 S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin and Warszawa Centralna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
The distance between Cologne and Kielce is 1123 km. The road distance is 1143 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kielce without a car is to train which takes 14h 45m and costs 600 zł - 1 200 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 32m 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 14h 45m and costs 600 zł - 1 200 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 240 zł - 490 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 S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, and Warszawa Centralna in around 14h 45m. 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–850
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–850
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 180–650
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 120–700
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 140–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–550
Flights from Frankfurt to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 150–950
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 280–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–800
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 40–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–110
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 29–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 150–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 80–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 170–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 240–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 100–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- zł 100–150
- Comfort
- zł 110–160
- Premium
- zł 180–240
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 107–108
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 258
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 152–153
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Sluzewiec to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 40–60
- 1st Class
- zł 55–75
Train from Sosnowiec Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 35–55
- 1st Class
- zł 55–70
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 50–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 50–75
- 1st Class
- zł 70–90
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 130–150
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 110–370
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- zł 110–170
- 1st Class
- zł 220–370
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 155–170
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 132–133
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wloszczowa Polnoc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 160–280
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Economy
- zł 160–240
- Business
- zł 190–280
- Economy Plus
- zł 200–280
- Premium
- zł 210–280
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wloszczowa Polnoc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 150–310
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- zł 150–220
- 1st Class
- zł 230–310
- Business
- zł 250–290
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wloszczowa Polnoc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 430–600
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Wloszczowa Polnoc to Kielce Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 14–21
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/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 210–430
- 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 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 120–240
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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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 S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kielce is 1143 km. It takes approximately 10h 45m to drive from Cologne to Kielce.
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