There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Kolding by train (Deutsche Bahn), bus, car, train, plane, night train, or car train
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Train
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.Ece
7h 47mkr 359–972Train via Hamburg
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Altona43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to KoldingRj
7h 59mkr 274–986Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus stationN74
13hkr 400–600Drive 650.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Kolding650.4 km
5h 27mkr 855–1,235Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Billund Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Billund Airport (BLL)DUS - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
7h 45mkr 749–2,481Train, night train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to TostedtDrf
- Take the train from Tostedt to Hamburg HbfRe
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Kolding stationNt / ...
8h 39mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding
5h 41mkr 1,264–1,699Train to Frankfurt, fly to Billund Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Billund Airport (BLL)FRA - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
6h 17mkr 1,002–2,694Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Copenhagen Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Copenhagen Airport (CPH)DUS - CPH
- Take the train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Fredericia St.
7h 35mkr 1,061–2,800Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Billund Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Billund Airport (BLL)AMS - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
8h 10mkr 1,097–3,275
Cologne to Kolding by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kolding is to bus which costs 400 kr - 600 kr and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kolding is to drive which takes 5h 27m and costs 850 kr - 1300 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Kolding station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Kolding bus station via Leverkusen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Kolding. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Kolding St. via Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 47m.
The distance between Cologne and Kolding is 699 km. The road distance is 650.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kolding without a car is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs 350 kr - 1000 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Cologne to Kolding, including transfers.
Cologne to Kolding bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Kolding train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Kolding is to train which takes 7h 47m and costs 350 kr - 1000 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 400 kr - 600 kr and takes 13h.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kolding, Denmark?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Kolding St. via Hamburg Hbf in around 7h 47m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus station once daily. Tickets cost kr 400–600 and the journey takes 11h 25m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 450–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 340–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–3,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Billund Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 600–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 460–3,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 480–1,700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–3,100
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 140–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 50–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 160–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 170–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 250–490
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from København, Københavns Lufthavn to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 300–470
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 120–240
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 120–170
- 1st Class
- kr 180–240
- Business
- kr 200–220
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Kolding
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 110–240
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- kr 110–170
- 1st Class
- kr 180–240
- Business
- kr 200–220
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–300
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Kolding station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- kr 210–300
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 190–420
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- kr 190–270
- Comfort
- kr 200–270
- Premium
- kr 320–420
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Tostedt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Website
- bahntouristikexpress.de
Night train from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof to Kolding station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- bahntouristikexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 650–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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
- kr 200–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 200–300
- 1st Class
- kr 390–650
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–650
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 190–290
- 1st Class
- kr 380–650
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 120–400
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- kr 120–190
- 1st Class
- kr 240–400
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Kolding bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 400–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- sydtrafik.dk
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 30–45
- Website
- https://sydtrafik.dk/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Kolding bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kolding bus station.
Cologne to Kolding train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Kolding is 650 km. It takes approximately 5h 27m to drive from Cologne to Kolding.
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