There are 11 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)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbftrain
5h 39m€75–246Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus N161
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain Rjx / ...
17h 10m€74–134Train via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Amstetten NÖtrain Drf / ...
9h 33m€146–247Night train
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbfnighttrain Nj
12h 19m€79–280Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane DUS - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbftrain
6h 10m€112–293Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbftrain
6h 11m€124–246Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖtrain
7h 10m€135–372Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Amstetten NÖtrain
7h 47m€140–385Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain Nj
12h 18m€81–284Drive 792.4 km
- Drive from Cologne to Melkcar 792.4 km
7h 15m€128–185Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Melkcar
7h 36m€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 €70 - €140 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Melk is to fly and train which takes 5h 39m 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 München Hbf and Amstetten Noe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 33m.
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 33m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 5h 39m 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 15m to drive from Cologne to Melk.
There are 358+ hotels available in Melk.
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 and Amstetten Noe in around 9h 33m.
- 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
- €45–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- 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
- €60–160
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- 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 Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- 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
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €50–80
- First Class
- €100–140
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €30–50
- First Class
- €55–80
Train from Ostbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €50–80
- First Class
- €100–130
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–13
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €6–9
- Business
- €7–8
Train from Wien Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–95
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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