There are 11 ways to get from Gallarate to Cologne by plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MXP - CGN
4h 4m€59–225Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
4h 40m€32–185Train via Mannheim
- Take the train from Gallarate to Luganotrain S50
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
9h 28m€110–326Bus
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Milano Porta Garibaldibus R23
- Take the bus from Milano - Famagosta to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquaibus
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus
12h 3mDrive 801.2 km
- Drive from Gallarate to Colognecar 801.2 km
7h 27m€129–187Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Gallarate to Milano Dateotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
5h 34m€100–287Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MXP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 11m€87–240Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
5h 56m€76–269Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane MXP - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
6hTrain
- Take the train from Gallarate to Bellinzonatrain S50
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
9h 29m€109–358Train, bus
- Take the train from Gallarate to Luganotrain S50
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bonn UN Campusbus
15h 5m€94–177
Gallarate to Cologne by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Gallarate to Cologne is to fly which costs €30 - €190 and takes 4h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Gallarate to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 4m and costs €55 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Gallarate to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Gallarate and arriving at Köln via Milano - Famagosta and Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Gallarate to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Gallarate and arriving at Köln Hbf via Lugano, Basel SBB and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 28m.
The distance between Gallarate and Cologne is 621 km. The road distance is 801.2 km.
The best way to get from Gallarate to Cologne without a car is to train via Mannheim which takes 9h 28m and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 4h 4m to get from Gallarate to Cologne, including transfers.
Gallarate to Cologne bus services, operated by Trenord, depart from Gallarate station.
Gallarate to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord, depart from Gallarate station.
The best way to get from Gallarate to Cologne is to fly which takes 4h 4m and costs €55 - €230. Alternatively, you can train via Mannheim, which costs €110 - €330 and takes 9h 28m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 12h 3m.
What companies run services between Gallarate, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
Eurowings, Swiss, and three other airlines fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Gallarate to Köln Hbf via Lugano, Basel SBB, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 9h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–200
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Gallarate to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Gallarate to Milano Dateo
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Gallarate to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Gallarate to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €70–100
- 2nd Class
- €50–70
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €60–90
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Milano - Famagosta to ZÜRICH, Carparkplatz am Sihlquai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €54–59
- Website
- Grand Bus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Bonn UN Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Gallarate to Cologne bus services, operated by Trenord, arrive at Milano Porta Garibaldi station.
Gallarate to Cologne train services, operated by Trenord, arrive at Lugano station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gallarate to Cologne is 801 km. It takes approximately 7h 27m to drive from Gallarate to Cologne.
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