There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Scharnitz by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mittenwaldtrain Rb6 / ...
7h 56m€131–473Train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
11h 4m€51–134Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus stationbus N28
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Mittenwald train stationbus 040
12h 45m€57–106Drive 643.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Scharnitzcar 643.5 km
6h 11m€105–152Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mittenwaldtrain
6h 53m€104–270Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to München, ZOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mittenwaldtrain Rb6 / ...
15h 16mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 46m€193–494Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Mittenwaldtrain
7h 33m€124–300Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 55m€120–343Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 22m€130–554Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport, train, line 5406 train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport (BZO)plane DUS - BZO
- Take the train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brennertrain
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Scharnitztrain
9h 1m€243–527
Cologne to Scharnitz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Scharnitz is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Scharnitz is to drive which takes 6h 11m and costs €100 - €160.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Scharnitz station. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Mittenwald train station via Leverkusen and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Scharnitz. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Scharnitz via München Hbf and Mittenwald. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 56m.
The distance between Cologne and Scharnitz is 704 km. The road distance is 643.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Scharnitz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 7h 56m and costs €130 - €480.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Cologne to Scharnitz, including transfers.
Cologne to Scharnitz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Scharnitz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Scharnitz is to train via Munich which takes 7h 56m and costs €130 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 12h 45m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Scharnitz, Austria?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Scharnitz via München Hbf and Mittenwald in around 7h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Scharnitz via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, Munich central bus station, Mittenwald train station, and Mittenwald in around 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Bolzano Dolomiti Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–370
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Mittenwald
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Mittenwald
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Mittenwald
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Mittenwald
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €45–70
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €11–17
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bolzano Bozen to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Scharnitz
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Mittenwald train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Köln to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Scharnitz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Cologne to Scharnitz train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Scharnitz is 644 km. It takes approximately 6h 11m to drive from Cologne to Scharnitz.
There are 2644+ hotels available in Scharnitz.













































