There are 12 ways to get from Cremona to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or night train
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Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Cremona to Milan Rogoredotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
6h 4m€85–239Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cremona to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
7h 1m€48–163Train
- Take the train from Cremona to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
10h 55m€152–288Bus
- Take the bus from Cremona to Bergamobus
- Take the bus from Bergamo to Basel SBBbus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kölnbus
14h 58mDrive 908.2 km
- Drive from Cremona to Colognecar 908.2 km
8h 50m€144–208Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cremona to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MXP - CGN
6h 13m€68–180Train to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cremona to Bresciatrain
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
6h 16m€92–342Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Cremona to Milan Rogoredotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LIN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 11m€72–220Train to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cremona to Bresciatrain
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BGY - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 59m€132–355Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Cremona to Milan Rogoredotrain
- Take the train from Milano Rogoredo to Reggio Emilia Avtrain
- Take the train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
7h 7m€76–301Train via Basel
- Take the train from Cremona to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 43
11h 51m€116–474Train, night train
- Take the train from Cremona to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
- Take the train from Locarno to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
16h 39m€135–419
Cremona to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cremona to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €45 - €170 and takes 7h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Cremona to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 4m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Cremona to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Cremona and arriving at Köln via Bergamo and Basel, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Cremona to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Cremona and arriving at Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 55m.
The distance between Cremona and Cologne is 808 km. The road distance is 908.2 km.
The best way to get from Cremona to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 10h 55m and costs €150 - €290.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Cremona to Cologne, including transfers.
Cremona to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cremona station.
Cremona to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord, depart from Cremona station.
The best way to get from Cremona to Cologne is to train which takes 10h 55m and costs €150 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 14h 58m.
What companies run services between Cremona, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Cremona to Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 10h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cremona to Köln via Bergamo, Basel SBB, and Basel, Bahnhof in around 14h 58m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Cremona to Milan Rogoredo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Cremona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Cremona to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Rogoredo to Reggio Emilia Av
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Reggio Emilia Av to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cremona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bergamo to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Bus from Cremona to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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Cremona to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bergamo station.
Cremona to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cremona to Cologne is 908 km. It takes approximately 8h 50m to drive from Cremona to Cologne.
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