There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Opole by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Wroclaw, train
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
5h 57mzł 551–1,549Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane EIN - KTW
- Take the train from Katowice to Opole Glownetrain
9h 29mzł 312–1,405Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain Eic / ...
11h 17mzł 706–3,222Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Opole, Bus stationbus N1338
16h 56mzł 360–600Drive 907.8 km
- Drive from Cologne to Opolecar 907.8 km
7h 59mzł 553–798Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
- Take the train from Katowice to Opole Glownetrain
7h 44mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DUS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
8h 12mzł 491–1,545Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Wroclaw, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane DTM - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
6h 36mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain Eic / ...
12h 31mzł 777–3,246Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Wrocławbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain Eic / ...
24h 57m
Cologne to Opole by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to bus which costs 360 zł - 600 zł and takes 16h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train and fly which takes 5h 57m and costs 550 zł - 1 600 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Opole station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Opole, Bus station via Leverkusen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Opole. However, there are services departing from Koeln Hbf and arriving at Opole Glowne via Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 17m.
The distance between Cologne and Opole is 861 km. The road distance is 907.8 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 17m and costs 700 zł - 3 300 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Cologne to Opole, including transfers.
Cologne to Opole bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Opole train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 17m and costs 700 zł - 3 300 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 360 zł - 600 zł and takes 16h 56m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Opole, Poland?
You can take a train from Koeln Hbf to Opole Glowne via Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Dresden-Neustadt, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 11h 17m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Leverkusen to Opole, Bus station once daily. Tickets cost zł 360–600 and the journey takes 15h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 110–650
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–850
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 130–950
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–2,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–410
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–250
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 120–460
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–250
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–410
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–180
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 24–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–440
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 120–440
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–470
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–470
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- informacja@kolejedolnoslaskie.eu
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 170–340
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–70
- Website
- Eurobahn
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leverkusen to Opole, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 360–600
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Wrocław
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Cologne to Opole bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Opole, Bus station.
Cologne to Opole train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Opole is 908 km. It takes approximately 7h 59m to drive from Cologne to Opole.
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