There are 13 ways to get from Crolles to Cologne by bus, train, car, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), or train (Eurostar)
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambéry to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
8h 43m€128–325Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Grenoble to Lyonbus S1777 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N710
13h 30m€56–105Bus, train via Basel
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Annecy - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Annecy to Basel SBBbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
12h 14m€115–256Drive 798.1 km
- Drive from Crolles to Colognecar 798.1 km
8h 28m€124–179Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 8m€157–407Train via Paris
- Take the train from Grenoble to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbftrain Tha
8h 55m€232–484Train
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Thalys
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
9h 42m€285–520Bus, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 8m€159–391Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LYS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 47m€124–332Bus, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GVA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
9h 47m€106–306Bus, train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
10h 29m€179–522Bus, train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux 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
10h 45m€86–246Bus, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Take the bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane GVA - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
11h 44m€140–376
Crolles to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crolles to Cologne is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Crolles to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 8m and costs €150 - €410.
The distance between Crolles and Cologne is 1065 km. The road distance is 798.1 km.
The best way to get from Crolles to Cologne without a car is to bus and train which takes 8h 43m and costs €120 - €330.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Crolles to Cologne, including transfers.
The best way to get from Crolles to Cologne is to train via Paris which takes 8h 55m and costs €230 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 30m.
Yes, the driving distance between Crolles to Cologne is 798 km. It takes approximately 8h 28m to drive from Crolles to Cologne.
There are 1341+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Crolles, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Köln Hbf via Grenoble - Bus Station, Grenoble, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Paris Nord in around 8h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Grenoble, Lyon, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 13h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–410
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Chambéry to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €240–400
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Grenoble to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
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/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Chambéry - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Crolles - Le Rafour to Annecy - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Annecy to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Grenoble to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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