There are 13 ways to get from Elgin to Cologne by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Aberdeen
best- Take the train from Elgin to Aberdeentrain
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
15h 18m€356–642Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Elgin to Inverness Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane INV - CGN
7h 58m€77–279Train, bus
- Take the train from Elgin to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
23h 12m€333–538Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Elgin to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colognecar
15h 37mBus to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Elgin station to Aberdeen Airportbus
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ABZ - DUS
9h 35m€125–256Train
- Take the train from Elgin to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Finsbury Parktrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
18h 37m€352–646Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Union Square Bus Stationbus M96
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGNbus
30h 51m€118–213Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Elgin to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colognecar
16h 49m€236–381Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Elgin to Inverness Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane INV - DUS
9h 19m€132–301Bus to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the bus from Elgin station to Aberdeen Airportbus
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ABZ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 58m€127–336Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Elgin to Inverness Airport Stationtrain
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane INV - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 36m€154–351Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Elgin to Aberdeentrain
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
10h 48m€172–435Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Elgin to Aberdeentrain
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
9h 32m€142–373
Elgin to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elgin to Cologne is to bus which costs €110 - €220 and takes 30h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Elgin to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Elgin to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Elgin and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Aberdeen, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 18m.
The distance between Elgin and Cologne is 1538 km.
The best way to get from Elgin to Cologne without a car is to train via Aberdeen which takes 15h 18m and costs €350 - €650.
It takes approximately 15h 18m to get from Elgin to Cologne, including transfers.
Elgin to Cologne train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Elgin station.
The best way to get from Elgin to Cologne is to train via Aberdeen which takes 15h 18m and costs €350 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €220 and takes 30h 51m.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Elgin. It is currently 4:25 PM in Elgin and 5:25 PM in Cologne.
Elgin to Cologne train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Aberdeen station.
What companies run services between Elgin, Scotland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Elgin to Koeln Hbf via Aberdeen, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 15h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Koeln Hbf via Union Square Bus Station, London Victoria, Cologne Airport CGN, and Koeln/Bonn Flughafen in around 30h 51m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Elgin to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Elgin to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Elgin to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Elgin to Inverness Airport Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Elgin station to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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