There are 12 ways to get from Edirne to Cologne by train, plane, night train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, Metro to Istanbul Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Edirne to Halkalıtrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Istanbul Airporttrain
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IST - CGN
12h 14m€108–436Train to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edirne to Halkalıtrain
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SAW - CGN
13h 19m€59–267Night train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Edirne to Bucharestnighttrain Bosphor Express
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhofbus
28h 56m€151–170Night train, train via Nuremberg
- Take the nighttrain from Edirne to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
32h 37m€243–458Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Edirne to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
34h 3m€237–436Train, Metro to Istanbul Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Edirne to Halkalıtrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Istanbul Airporttrain
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane IST - DUS
12h 41m€112–408Train to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Edirne to Halkalıtrain
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane SAW - DUS
13h 41m€63–319Night train to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the nighttrain from Edirne to Bucharestnighttrain
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
11h 50m€125–341Bus
- Take the bus from Edirne to Stara Zagorabus
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Frankfurt Central Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus
39h€151–206Night train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the nighttrain from Edirne to Bucharestnighttrain Bosphor Express
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Kölnbus
39h 41mDrive 2,171.8 km
- Drive from Edirne to Colognecar 2,171.8 km
19h 19m€401–579Drive, car train
- Drive from Edirne to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the cartrain from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Colognecar
23h 59m€350–488
Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edirne to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €55 - €270 and takes 13h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Edirne to Cologne is to night train and fly and train which takes 11h 50m and costs €120 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Edirne to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Edirne and arriving at Köln via Stara Zagora Central Bus Station and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h.
No, there is no direct train from Edirne to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Edirne and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 37m.
The distance between Edirne and Cologne is 2263 km. The road distance is 2171.8 km.
The best way to get from Edirne to Cologne without a car is to night train and bus which takes 28h 56m and costs €150 - €170.
It takes approximately 12h 14m to get from Edirne to Cologne, including transfers.
Edirne to Cologne bus services, operated by Huntur, depart from Edirne station.
Edirne to Cologne train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Edirne station.
Edirne to Cologne bus services, operated by Huntur, arrive at Stara Zagora station.
What companies run services between Edirne, Turkey and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Edirne to Köln via Stara Zagora Central Bus Station and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 39h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Edirne to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Edirne to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Edirne to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Edirne to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +90 850 252 88 00
- info@metro.istanbul
- Website
- metro.istanbul
Train from Halkali to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1
- Schedules at
- istairport.com
Train from Halkali to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1
- Schedules at
- istairport.com
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Edirne to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €7–10
Night train from Edirne to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €6–9
Night train from Edirne to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €7–10
Night train from Edirne to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €7–10
Night train from Edirne to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €7–10
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €57–62
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- Huntur
Bus from Edirne to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- Huntur
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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