There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Perpignan by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris NordThalys
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to PerpignanTgv
9h 56m€115–416Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)DUS - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
7h 53m€70–339Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to MontpellierFlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
17h 53m€85–181Drive 1,140.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Perpignan1,140.5 km
10h 59m€174–251Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)CGN - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
7h 22m€75–300Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to PerpignanTgv
10h 42m€150–345Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt49 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
18h 55m€92–187Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO)NRN - GRO
- Take the bus from Girona Airport to Perpignan
8h 43m€94–311Train to Frankfurt, fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)FRA - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Take the train from Narbonne to Perpignan
8h 21m€149–374Train to Frankfurt, fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)FRA - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Perpignan
8h 47m€147–357Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)BRU - TLS
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Take the train from Narbonne to Perpignan
9h 20m€139–359Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport (PGF)CRL - PGF
7h 43m€145–557Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO)CRL - GRO
- Take the bus from Girona Airport to Perpignan
8h 55m€103–345
Cologne to Perpignan by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Perpignan is to bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 17h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Perpignan is to fly and train which takes 7h 22m and costs €75 - €300.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Perpignan. However, there are services departing from Koeln Hbf and arriving at Perpignan via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Perpignan is 1429 km. The road distance is 1140.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Perpignan without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 56m and costs €110 - €420.
It takes approximately 9h 56m to get from Cologne to Perpignan, including transfers.
Cologne to Perpignan train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Perpignan is to train via Paris which takes 9h 56m and costs €110 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €190 and takes 17h 53m.
Cologne to Perpignan train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Perpignan is 1140 km. It takes approximately 10h 59m to drive from Cologne to Perpignan.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Perpignan, France?
You can take a train from Koeln Hbf to Perpignan via Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Perpignan - Bus Station via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station in around 17h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Weeze Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Girona–Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Narbonne to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Narbonne to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- Rail 1st Class
- €16–24
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Narbonne to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Girona Airport to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–25
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Girona Airport to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Montpellier - Sabines Bus Station to Perpignan - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
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