There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Nitra by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitrabus
6h 48m€63–228Train via Munich
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trnavatrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Trnava to Nitratrain Re
13h 23m€183–429Bus via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus N61
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitrabus 403437 / ...
17h 6m€74–149Drive 1,029.2 km
- Drive from Cologne to Nitracar 1,029.2 km
9h 42m€154–222Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, bus
- 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 bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitrabus
7h 19m€91–260Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane FRA - VIE
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitrabus
7h 20m€93–264Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CGN - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Nove Zamkytrain
8h 18m€78–217Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Nove Zamkytrain
8h 49m€96–229Train to Frankfurt, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Nove Zamkytrain
8h 50m€103–303Train
- Take the train from Koln Sud to Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trnavatrain
- Take the train from Trnava to Nitratrain Re
15h 39mDrive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Nitracar
16h 32m€204–279Bus
- Take the bus from Köln Airport to Piešťanybus
21h 27m
Cologne to Nitra by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Nitra is to bus via Bratislava which costs €70 - €150 and takes 17h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Nitra is to fly and bus which takes 6h 48m and costs €60 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Nitra. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Nitra via München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica and Trnava. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 23m.
The distance between Cologne and Nitra is 918 km. The road distance is 1029.2 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Nitra without a car is to train via Munich which takes 13h 23m and costs €180 - €430.
It takes approximately 6h 48m to get from Cologne to Nitra, including transfers.
Cologne to Nitra train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Nitra is to train via Munich which takes 13h 23m and costs €180 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus via Bratislava, which costs €70 - €150 and takes 17h 6m.
Cologne to Nitra train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Nitra is 1029 km. It takes approximately 9h 42m to drive from Cologne to Nitra.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Nitra, Slovakia?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nitra via München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, and Trnava in around 13h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nitra via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy in around 17h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- 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
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- 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
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €55–85
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Nove Zamky
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trnava
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Trnava to Nitra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trnava
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trnava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Trnava to Nitra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trnava
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- 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
- €16–26
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Nove Zamky
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koln Sud to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €190–370
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 48 4144 216
- infolines@turancar.sk
- Website
- turancar.sk
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.turancar.sk/autobusove-linky/
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- staznosti@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Nitra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
- Phone
- +421 55 72 896 16
- interbus.sk@gmail.com
- Website
- interbus.sk
Bus from Köln Airport to Piešťany
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- interbus.sk
- Book at
- interbus.sk
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