There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Melk by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
5h 33m€75–247Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Linz WissensturmUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3644 / ...
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe965 / ...
12h 50m€51–106Train via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Amstetten Noe969 / ...
9h 27m€120–408Night train
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to St.Poelten HbfNj
10h 27m€74–278Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)DUS - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
6h 4m€95–316Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
6h 5m€111–314Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
7h 7m€117–357Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)CGN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
7h 47m€175–358Train to Frankfurt, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
7h 8m€183–435Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof90N
12h 19m€196–284Drive 792.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Melk792.4 km
7h 24m€127–183Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Melk
7h 35m€159–219
Cologne to Melk by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Melk is to bus and train which costs €50 - €110 and takes 12h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Melk is to fly and train which takes 5h 33m and costs €75 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Melk. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Melk via Muenchen Hbf and Amstetten Noe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 27m.
The distance between Cologne and Melk is 867 km. The road distance is 792.4 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Melk without a car is to train via Munich which takes 9h 27m and costs €120 - €410.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Cologne to Melk, including transfers.
Cologne to Melk train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
Cologne to Melk train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Melk is 792 km. It takes approximately 7h 24m to drive from Cologne to Melk.
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What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Melk, Lower Austria?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Melk via München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, and Amstetten Noe in around 9h 27m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €14–22
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €44–46
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €44–46
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–15
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €85–130
- 1st Class
- €180–300
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €13–19
- First Class
- €24–35
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–85
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal to Linz Wissensturm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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