There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Moscow by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane DUS - SVO
11h 40m₽15,226–70,840Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
32h 57m₽8,548–25,044Bus
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platzbus
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Moscow Novoyasnevskayabus
35h 45mDrive 2,356.3 km
- Drive from Cologne to Moscowcar 2,356.3 km
23h 25m₽30,562–44,145Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane FRA - SVO
10h 36m₽15,218–66,899Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)plane CGN - VKO
11h 50m₽19,506–56,280Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane CGN - SVO
11h 44m₽14,781–61,460Bus via Warsaw
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1320 / ...
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus Warsaw/Moscow
36h 59m₽11,701–25,961Train, bus via Elbląg
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Ostbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin to Szczecin, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Elblagtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
38h 13m₽14,350–30,387Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain 030Ч / ...
42h 15m₽16,096–24,480
Cologne to Moscow by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Moscow is to train and bus which costs RUB 8500 - RUB 25000 and takes 32h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Moscow is to train and fly which takes 10h 36m and costs RUB 15000 - RUB 70000.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Moscow. However, there are services departing from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis and arriving at Moscow Novoyasnevskaya via Braunschweig and Minsk Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 45m.
The distance between Cologne and Moscow is 2146 km. The road distance is 2356.3 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Moscow without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 57m and costs RUB 8500 - RUB 25000.
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Cologne to Moscow, including transfers.
Cologne to Moscow bus services, operated by OrionBus, depart from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Moscow is to bus which takes 35h 45m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs RUB 19000 - RUB 60000 and takes 11h 50m.
Cologne to Moscow bus services, operated by OrionBus, arrive at Braunschweig, Berliner Platz station.
Moscow is 2h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 7:14 PM in Cologne and 9:14 PM in Moscow.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Moscow, Russia?
You can take a bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya via Braunschweig, Berliner Platz, Braunschweig, and Minsk Central Bus Station in around 35h 45m. Alternatively, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–60,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Munich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–60,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Zagreb, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Budapest, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Vienna, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–60,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Frankfurt to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–80,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽24,000–100,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–55,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–75,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
- Website
- shirakavia.am
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–60,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽600–2,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,000–12,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,800–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽4,700–14,000
- 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
- ₽2,300–5,500
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- ₽2,300–3,300
- Comfort
- ₽2,400–3,400
- Premium
- ₽4,000–5,500
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,700–9,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,700–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–18,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Elblag
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–2,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₽1,500–2,100
- 1st Class
- ₽1,900–2,500
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–6,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–22,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,700–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,600–6,500
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–3,200
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–14,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Website
- eurotrans.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,701
- Schedules at
- eurotrans.by
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin to Szczecin, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,100–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽12,000
- Children
- ₽6,000
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,300–6,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
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