There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Lublin by train, plane, bus, or car
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 Lublin Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lublin Airport (LUZ)plane DUS - LUZ
7h 9mzł 461–1,347Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane DTM - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Lublin Glownytrain
8h 17mzł 228–969Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralnatrain 95
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Lublin Glownytrain Ic
15h 13mzł 486–1,115Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Warszawa Centralna Stationbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Lublinbus
20h 38mDrive 1,274.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Lublincar 1,274.6 km
10h 49mzł 748–1,080Train 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 Centralna to Lublin Glownytrain
7h 16mzł 355–1,263Train to Frankfurt, fly to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane FRA - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Lublin Glownytrain
7h 27mzł 459–1,385Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Lublin, Bus Station Lublinbus N1327
21h 30mzł 459–640
Cologne to Lublin by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Lublin is to bus which costs 450 zł - 650 zł and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Lublin is to train and fly which takes 7h 9m and costs 460 zł - 1 400 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Lublin. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Lublin Glowny via S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin and Warszawa Centralna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 13m.
The distance between Cologne and Lublin is 1181 km. The road distance is 1274.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lublin without a car is to train which takes 15h 13m and costs 480 zł - 1 200 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 9m to get from Cologne to Lublin, including transfers.
Cologne to Lublin train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Lublin is to train which takes 15h 13m and costs 480 zł - 1 200 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 450 zł - 650 zł and takes 21h 30m.
Cologne to Lublin train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Lublin is 1275 km. It takes approximately 10h 49m to drive from Cologne to Lublin.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Lublin, Poland?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Lublin Glowny via S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Rzepin, and Warszawa Centralna in around 15h 13m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Leverkusen to Lublin, Bus Station Lublin once daily. Tickets cost zł 430–600 and the journey takes 20h 10m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lublin Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lublin Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 370–950
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–650
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–750
- 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 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–550
- 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 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–270
- 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 100–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- zł 100–150
- Comfort
- zł 110–160
- Premium
- zł 180–240
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 140–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- zł 140–200
- Comfort
- zł 150–210
- Premium
- zł 230–300
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 258–259
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Lublin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 151
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Lublin Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 70–100
- 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
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Warszawa Centralna Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 39m
- 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 Warsaw Chopin Airport to Lublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Lublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Lublin, Bus Station Lublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 430–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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