There are 11 ways to get from Czechia to Cologne by subway, plane, train, bus, or car
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Subway to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Take the subway from Staroměstská to Nádraží Veleslavínsubway
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PRG - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
4h 34m€78–213Bus via Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
cheapest- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminalbus : Amsterdam Central Sloterdijk Train Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
10h 38m€54–83Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Schwandorftrain Ec
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
9h 19m€146–464Drive 658.4 km
- Drive from Prague to Colognecar 658.4 km
6h 17m€101–145Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DRS - DUS
4h 49m€133–438Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PRG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
4h 36m€87–284Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VIE - CGN
5h 54m€73–234Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VIE - DUS
6h 21m€92–281Fly Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PRG - CGN
4h 8m€69–236Train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Frankfurttrain Drf
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbftrain Ice / ...
12h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
18h 59m
Czechia to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Czechia to Cologne is to bus via Koeln/Bonn Flughafen which costs €50 - €85 and takes 10h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Czechia to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 8m and costs €65 - €240.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Praha Hlavní nádraží and arriving at Köln. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 18h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Czechia to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Schwandorf and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 19m.
The distance between Czechia and Cologne is 607 km. The road distance is 658.4 km.
The best way to get from Czechia to Cologne without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 9h 19m and costs €140 - €470.
It takes approximately 4h 34m to get from Czechia to Cologne, including transfers.
Czechia to Cologne bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station.
Czechia to Cologne train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, depart from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Czechia to Cologne is to train via Nuremberg which takes 9h 19m and costs €140 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus via Koeln/Bonn Flughafen, which costs €50 - €85 and takes 10h 38m, you could also fly, which costs €65 - €240 and takes 4h 8m.
What companies run services between Czechia and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Schwandorf and Nürnberg Hbf in around 9h 19m. Alternatively, RegioJet operates a bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal once daily. Tickets cost €50–75 and the journey takes 9h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–400
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Phone
- +420 234 704 560
- info@pid.cz
- Website
- pid
Subway from Staroměstská to Nádraží Veleslavín
- Ave. Duration
- 9 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- pid
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Schwandorf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Usti Nad Labem Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Brno Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- RegioJet
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Praha Hlavní nádraží to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Czechia to Cologne bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Cologne / Bonn Airport Busterminal station.
Czechia to Cologne train services, operated by ÖBB EuroCity, arrive at Schwandorf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Czechia to Cologne is 658 km. It takes approximately 6h 17m to drive from Czechia to Cologne.
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