There are 10 ways to get from Groningen to Colmar by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Paris Nord
- Take the train from Paris Est to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to ColmarTer
9h 37m€203–519Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam SloterdijkN1386 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to ColmarN831
13h€40–105Train, bus
- Take the train from Groningen to GoudaIntercity
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to ColmarBlaBlaCar Bus
12h 42m€80–189Drive 700.5 km
- Drive from Groningen to Colmar700.5 km
6h 49m€126–181Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Basel (BSL)AMS - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmar
7h 16m€115–339Train
- Take the train from Groningen to ZwolleSprinter / ...
- Take the train from Deventer to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof43N
14h 3m€137–457Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Luxembourg (LUX)AMS - LUX
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Strasbourg
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmar
8h 14m€183–509Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)AMS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
9h 6m€171–429Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)AMS - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmar
9h 7m€195–475Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)HAM - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmar
10h 1m€104–338
Groningen to Colmar by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Groningen to Colmar is to bus which costs €40 - €110 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Groningen to Colmar is to drive which takes 6h 49m and costs €120 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Groningen station to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Groningen central station and arriving at Colmar via Amsterdam Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Groningen to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Groningen and arriving at Colmar via Schiphol Airport, Paris Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 37m.
The distance between Groningen and Colmar is 1218 km. The road distance is 700.5 km.
The best way to get from Groningen to Colmar without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 37m and costs €200 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h 37m to get from Groningen to Colmar, including transfers.
Groningen to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Groningen central station.
Groningen to Colmar train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Groningen station.
The best way to get from Groningen to Colmar is to train via Paris which takes 9h 37m and costs €200 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €110 and takes 13h.
What companies run services between Groningen, Netherlands and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Groningen to Colmar via Schiphol Airport, Paris Nord, Paris Est, and Strasbourg in around 9h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Groningen central station to Colmar via Amsterdam Sloterdijk in around 13h.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–120
Train from Groningen to Gouda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €70–120
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Deventer to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €100–160
- 1st Class
- €230–380
Train from Groningen to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €13–20
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- €45–50
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- €22–25
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €100–150
- Comfort
- €120–180
- Premium
- €160–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Deventer to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €50–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- presse@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rotterdam to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Groningen to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
Groningen to Colmar train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Schiphol Airport station.
Yes, the driving distance between Groningen to Colmar is 700 km. It takes approximately 6h 49m to drive from Groningen to Colmar.
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