There are 12 ways to get from Cologne to Tonbridge by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via London
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
5h 58m£145–285Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Brussels-North train stationbus 081 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Chathambus Michalovce
12h 5m£32–42Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cologne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Tonbridgecar
5h 38mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CGN - LGW
- Take the train from Redhill to Tonbridgetrain
4h 50m£79–282Train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Charing Cross to Tonbridgetrain
6h 18m£86–220Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Tonbridgecar
6h 47m£73–128Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CGN - STN
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
5h 24m£61–200Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
5h 40m£91–232Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane DUS - LGW
- Take the train from Redhill to Tonbridgetrain
5h 16m£62–211Train to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to London City Airport (LCY)plane RTM - LCY
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
7h 12m£122–365Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to London City Airport (LCY)plane AMS - LCY
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
7h 29m£134–362Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EIN - STN
- Take the train from London Bridge to Tonbridgetrain
8h 21m£80–242
Cologne to Tonbridge by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tonbridge is to bus which costs £30 - £45 and takes 12h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tonbridge is to fly and train which takes 4h 50m and costs £75 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Tonbridge. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Castle via Düsseldorf central bus station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Waterfront Bus Station and Royal Star Arcade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Tonbridge. However, there are services departing from Köln Hbf and arriving at Tonbridge via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl and London Bridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 58m.
The distance between Cologne and Tonbridge is 400 miles.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tonbridge without a car is to train via London which takes 5h 58m and costs £140 - £290.
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Cologne to Tonbridge, including transfers.
Cologne to Tonbridge bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus station.
Cologne to Tonbridge train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Tonbridge is to train via London which takes 5h 58m and costs £140 - £290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £45 and takes 12h 5m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tonbridge, England?
You can take a train from Köln Hbf to Tonbridge via Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Bridge in around 5h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln to Castle via Düsseldorf central bus station, Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Waterfront Bus Station, St Faith's Street, and Royal Star Arcade in around 12h 5m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–130
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- 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
- £35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Bridge to Tonbridge
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Charing Cross to Tonbridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Redhill to Tonbridge
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Chatham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–28
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Cologne to Tonbridge bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Tonbridge is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 2:19 AM in Cologne and 1:19 AM in Tonbridge.
Cologne to Tonbridge train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Bruxelles Midi station.
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