There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Ullapool by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane DUS - INV
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
9h 28m£134–270Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus M90
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
29h 38m£94–276Train, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
16h 17m£306–548Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cologne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Ullapoolcar
16h 17mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- 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 Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane AMS - INV
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
10h 11m£138–338Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
11h 48m£150–401Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CGN - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
11h 27m£117–341Train, bus via Rotterdam
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 6 to High Schoolbus 61
25h 17mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Ullapoolcar
22h 43m£281–460
Cologne to Ullapool by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Ullapool is to bus which costs £90 - £280 and takes 29h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Ullapool is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 28m and costs £130 - £270.
The distance between Cologne and Ullapool is 712 miles.
The best way to get from Cologne to Ullapool without a car is to train and bus which takes 16h 17m and costs £300 - £550.
It takes approximately 9h 28m to get from Cologne to Ullapool, including transfers.
Ullapool is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 11:51 AM in Cologne and 10:51 AM in Ullapool.
There are 68+ hotels available in Ullapool.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Ullapool, Scotland?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Ferry Terminal via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, London Victoria, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and Bus Station Stance 3 in around 29h 38m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01463 222 444
- info@decoaches.co.uk
- Website
- decoaches.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 6 to High School
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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