There are 9 ways to get from Dijon to Cologne by train (TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, train, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Basel
best- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
6h 26m€91–238Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dijon to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N710
7h 35m€45–67Drive 503.1 km
- Drive from Dijon to Colognecar 503.1 km
5h 29m€76–109Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
6h 8m€124–324Train
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Luxembourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Süd Bftrain
8h 33m€81–254Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LYS - DUS
7h 17m€113–343Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
7h 44m€144–374Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Marne La Vallee Chessytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CDG - DUS
6h 18m€218–534Train to Basel, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 41m€166–357
Dijon to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dijon to Cologne is to bus which costs €45 - €70 and takes 7h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Dijon to Cologne is to drive which takes 5h 29m and costs €75 - €110.
No, there is no direct train from Dijon to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Dijon Ville and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Basel SBB and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 26m.
The distance between Dijon and Cologne is 729 km. The road distance is 503.1 km.
The best way to get from Dijon to Cologne without a car is to train via Basel which takes 6h 26m and costs €90 - €240.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Dijon to Cologne, including transfers.
Dijon to Cologne train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Dijon Ville station.
The best way to get from Dijon to Cologne is to train via Basel which takes 6h 26m and costs €90 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €70 and takes 7h 35m.
Dijon to Cologne train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Basel Sbb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dijon to Cologne is 503 km. It takes approximately 5h 29m to drive from Dijon to Cologne.
What companies run services between Dijon, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Dijon Ville to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Basel SBB and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 26m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Dijon to Cologne Airport CGN twice daily. Tickets cost €40–60 and the journey takes 7h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- 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
- €60–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Dijon Ville to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €55–75
- 1st Class
- €80–110
Train from Dijon Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €41–44
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
- 1st Class
- €60–75
Train from Dijon Ville to Marne La Vallee Chessy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Süd Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Dijon Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- 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 Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dijon to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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