There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Wales by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via Retford
best- 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 Retfordtrain
8h 7m£148–366Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Brussels-North train stationbus 081 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus Michalovce
16h 34m£40–52Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cologne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Walescar
8h 24mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CGN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
6h 11m£50–220Train
- 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 St Pancras Intl to Sheffieldtrain
8h 14m£137–335Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Walescar
9h 30m£140–204Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
6h 37m£94–252Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Sheffieldtrain
6h 52m£125–362Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BRU - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
7h 45m£107–272Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CGN - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Retfordtrain
7h 44m£106–351Fly 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 Stansted Airport to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Retfordtrain
8h 24m£123–325
Cologne to Wales by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Wales is to bus which costs £40 - £55 and takes 16h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Wales is to fly and train which takes 6h 11m and costs £50 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Wales. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Wales Road/Limetree Avenue via Düsseldorf central bus station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Sheffield Interchange/C6. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Wales. However, there are services departing from Koeln Hbf and arriving at Kiveton Bridge via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross and Retford. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 7m.
The distance between Cologne and Wales is 522 miles.
The best way to get from Cologne to Wales without a car is to train via Retford which takes 8h 7m and costs £140 - £370.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Cologne to Wales, including transfers.
Cologne to Wales bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus station.
Cologne to Wales train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Koeln Hbf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Wales is to train via Retford which takes 8h 7m and costs £140 - £370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £55 and takes 16h 34m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Wales, England?
You can take a train from Koeln Hbf to Kiveton Bridge via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Retford in around 8h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln to Wales Road/Limetree Avenue via Düsseldorf central bus station, Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Sheffield, and Sheffield Interchange/C6 in around 16h 34m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £39–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £39–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £50–70
- Comfort
- £55–80
- Premium
- £75–100
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £70–110
- Comfort
- £85–120
- Premium
- £110–150
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £50–70
- Comfort
- £55–80
- Premium
- £75–100
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £22–35
- Comfort
- £23–35
- Premium
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Retford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £80–110
Train from Peterborough to Retford
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–80
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- hulltrains.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Retford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.hulltrains.co.uk/
- Advanced Single
- £30–45
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–55
- Super Off-Peak Single
- £55–75
- Off-Peak Single
- £60–70
- Anytime Single
- £65–85
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–31
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £25–31
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £14–22
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £50–85
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–11
- 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
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £26–40
Train from Birmingham New Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £70–100
Train from Stansted Airport to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £65–90
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
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–34
- 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
- £45–60
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Wales bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Wales is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 10:41 PM in Cologne and 9:41 PM in Wales.
Cologne to Wales train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
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