There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Parma by plane, train, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, shuttle, car, or car train
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane CGN - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain
5h 29m€77–310Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DUS - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain
7h 3m€54–314Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain Fr
11h 33m€94–471Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N177 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma Bus Stationbus Itabus
16h 33m€74–124Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Parma Bus Stationbus Itabus
16h 56m€79–365Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane DUS - LIN
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Linate airport to Parma
6h 22m€109–469Train to Frankfurt, fly to Milan Linate Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane FRA - LIN
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Linate airport to Parma
6h 19m€91–380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane FRA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Parmatrain
6h 1m€134–409Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane CGN - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
6h 23m€89–431Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Parmatrain Fr
11h 50m€114–445Drive 948.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Parmacar 948.5 km
8h 54m€148–213Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Parmacar
10h 37m€204–269
Cologne to Parma by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Parma is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 16h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Parma is to fly and train which takes 5h 29m and costs €75 - €310.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Parma. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Parma via Basel SBB, Lugano and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 33m.
The distance between Cologne and Parma is 882 km. The road distance is 948.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Parma without a car is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €90 - €480.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Cologne to Parma, including transfers.
Cologne to Parma train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Parma is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €90 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 16h 33m.
Cologne to Parma train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Parma is 949 km. It takes approximately 8h 54m to drive from Cologne to Parma.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Parma, Italy?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Parma via Basel SBB, Lugano, and Milano Centrale in around 11h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Parma Bus Station via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 16h 33m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €26–35
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- 1st Class
- €150–260
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €85–130
- 1st Class
- €180–300
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- 1st Class
- €80–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–265
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–265
- Couchette Carriage
- €140–170
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
- 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
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–22
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse to Parma Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- autolineefederico.it
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Parma Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Milano Linate airport to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–180
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €32–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €32–35
- Private
- €110–200
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