There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Opole by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
6h 8mzł 530–1,188Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Opole, Bus stationbus N1338
16h 55mzł 260–460Train via Berlin
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Opole Glownetrain 96 / ...
12hzł 618–729Bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf
- Take the bus from Köln to Opolebus Kyiv-Hasselt / ...
15h 26mDrive 907.9 km
- Drive from Cologne to Opolecar 907.9 km
7h 56mzł 534–772Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
- Take the bus from Katowice Airport to Gliwicebus
- Take the train from Gliwice to Opole Glownetrain
7h 55mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Katowice International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane FRA - KTW
- Take the bus from Katowice Airport to Gliwicebus
- Take the train from Gliwice to Opole Glownetrain
7h 10mTrain 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 26mzł 669–1,482Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Wroclaw, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane EIN - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
7h 52mzł 365–1,169Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane EIN - KTW
- Take the bus from Katowice Airport to Gliwicebus
- Take the train from Gliwice to Opole Glownetrain
8h 54mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 51
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain Ic / ...
13h 16m
Cologne to Opole by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to bus which costs 260 zł - 460 zł and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train and fly which takes 6h 8m and costs 500 zł - 1 200 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 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Opole. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Opole Glowne via Hagen Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Rzepin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h.
The distance between Cologne and Opole is 861 km. The road distance is 907.9 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole without a car is to train via Berlin which takes 12h and costs 600 zł - 750 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 8m 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 Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train via Berlin which takes 12h and costs 600 zł - 750 zł. Alternatively, you can bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, which costs and takes 15h 26m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Opole, Poland?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Opole Glowne via Hagen Hbf, S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof, and Rzepin in around 12h. Alternatively, Pavluks Trans operates a bus from Köln to Opole every 4 hours, and the journey takes 14h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–850
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 330–1,800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 340–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–850
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 360–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 95–500
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–700
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 230–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
- 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 230–1,300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 160–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 320–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 130–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 140–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 440–490
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 30–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 30–45
- 1st Class
- zł 45–60
Train from Rzepin to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 55–95
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 55–80
- 1st Class
- zł 75–95
Train from Gliwice to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 30–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 30–45
- 1st Class
- zł 45–60
Train from Krakow Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 40–60
- 1st Class
- zł 55–75
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 35–55
- 1st Class
- zł 55–70
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 18–25
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
Train from Gliwice to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 17–25
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 70–110
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- zł 100–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- zł 100–150
- Comfort
- zł 110–160
- Premium
- zł 180–240
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 90–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- zł 90–140
- 1st Class
- zł 180–300
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 35–45
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Köln to Opole
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
Bus from Katowice Airport to Gliwice
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Opole, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 260–460
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Opole bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Opole, Bus station.
Cologne to Opole train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hagen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Opole is 908 km. It takes approximately 7h 56m to drive from Cologne to Opole.
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