There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Szombathely by car, car train, bus, night train, train, or plane
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Drive, car train
best- Drive from Cologne to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Szombathely
9h 29mFt 58,161–398,122Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Graz, train
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Graz (GRZ)DUS - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Take the train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
8h 45mFt 41,892–164,772Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Graz P&R WeblingN884 / ...
- Take the bus from Graz to Szombathely, autóbusz-állomás
18h 37mNight train, train
- Take the night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to SopronRe
- Take the train from Sopron to SzombathelyRe
13h 27mDrive 979.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Szombathely979.6 km
9h 36mFt 56,099–81,032Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien MeidlingIce
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to SopronRe
- Take the train from Sopron to SzombathelyRe
12h 7mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidling90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to SopronRe
- Take the train from Sopron to SzombathelyRe
15h 17mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Sopron
- Take the train from Sopron to Szombathely
7h 21mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)DUS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Sopron
- Take the train from Sopron to Szombathely
8hTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Sopron
- Take the train from Sopron to Szombathely
7h 47mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Graz, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Graz (GRZ)CGN - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Take the train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
9h 42mFt 45,023–146,253Train to Frankfurt, fly to Graz, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Graz (GRZ)FRA - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Take the train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
8h 43mFt 53,666–185,567
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Szombathely is to drive which costs 55 000 Ft - 85 000 Ft and takes 9h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Szombathely is to train and fly which takes 8h 43m and costs 50 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Szombathely. However, there are services departing from Koeln Hbf and arriving at Szombathely via Wien Meidling and Sopron. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
The distance between Cologne and Szombathely is 1221 km. The road distance is 979.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Szombathely without a car is to bus which takes 18h 37m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 29m to get from Cologne to Szombathely, including transfers.
Cologne to Szombathely train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Szombathely is to bus which takes 18h 37m and costs . Alternatively, you can train via Nuremberg, which costs and takes 12h 7m.
Cologne to Szombathely train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Wien Meidling station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Szombathely is 980 km. It takes approximately 9h 36m to drive from Cologne to Szombathely.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Szombathely, Hungary?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Szombathely, autóbusz-állomás via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, Graz P&R Webling, Graz P+R Webling, and Graz in around 18h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Szombathely via Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Sopron in around 12h 7m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–120,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–85,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–130,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–220,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–85,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Graz via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 47,000–180,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–170,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–75,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–85,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–130,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–85,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–170,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–65,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–70,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–70,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–110,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–65,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–150,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–65,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Graz via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 48,000–190,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Graz via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–180,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–370,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- Ft 100,000–210,000
- Car Compartment
- Ft 200,000–370,000
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–104,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 99,000–104,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 55,000–70,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 27,000–34,000
- Phone
- +36 99/577-212
- eszrevetel@gysev.hu
- Website
- www2.gysev.hu
Train from Wien Meidling to Sopron
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://en.gysev.hu/
Train from Sopron to Szombathely
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://en.gysev.hu/
Train from Wien Hbf to Sopron
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://en.gysev.hu/
Train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://en.gysev.hu/
Train from Wien Meidling to Sopron
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,400–6,900
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Sopron
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,400–6,900
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–48,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–22,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–23,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,600–10,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–31,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–24,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–23,000
- 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 Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- 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 Szentgotthard to Szombathely
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,000
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–120,000
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,900–5,500
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–22,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Comfort
- Ft 10,000–14,000
- Premium
- Ft 16,000–22,000
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Graz Don Bosco to Szentgotthard
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,300–5,500
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 2,300–3,400
- Regional Train Ticket
- Ft 3,100–3,600
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 4,800–5,500
Train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,800–4,200
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- Ft 1,800–2,600
- Regional Train Ticket
- Ft 2,400–2,700
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- Ft 3,700–4,200
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Szentgotthard to Szombathely
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,000–1,200
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 10,000–15,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 20,000–34,000
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Graz P&R Webling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Graz to Szombathely, autóbusz-állomás
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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