There are 10 ways to get from Hard to Cologne by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Bregenz to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12train Ice
7h 5m€101–246Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Bregenz bus station to Mannheim central bus stationbus N77
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
9h 39m€48–140Drive 534 km
- Drive from Hard to Colognecar 534 km
5h 52m€87–126Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
5h 21m€77–309Bus
- Take the bus from Bregenz bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N106 / ...
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
11h 4mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
6h 14m€84–322Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Bregenz to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MUC - CGN
6h 43m€130–316Line 140 bus, train, train to Friedrichshafen Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Hard Brückenwaage to Bregenz Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutintrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FDH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 22mTrain to Munich International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Bregenz to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MUC - DUS
7h 26m€137–319Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZRH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 21m€115–342
Hard to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hard to Cologne is to bus and train which costs €45 - €140 and takes 9h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Hard to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 21m and costs €75 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Hard to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Hard Brückenwaage and arriving at Köln via Bregenz bus station and Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Hard to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Hard-Fussach and arriving at Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 via Bregenz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 5m.
The distance between Hard and Cologne is 574 km. The road distance is 534 km.
The best way to get from Hard to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 7h 5m and costs €100 - €250.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Hard to Cologne, including transfers.
Hard to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bregenz bus station.
Hard to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Bregenz station.
The best way to get from Hard to Cologne is to train which takes 7h 5m and costs €100 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 4m.
What companies run services between Hard, Austria and Cologne, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Bregenz to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 twice daily. Tickets cost €100–240 and the journey takes 5h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hard Brückenwaage to Köln via Bregenz Bahnhof, Bregenz bus station, and Zürich Bus Station in around 11h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- 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
- €65–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- 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
- €65–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bregenz to Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 7 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–4
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 7 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–8
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bregenz to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 6 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 9 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5556 9000
- info@montafonerbahn.at
- Website
- montafonerbahn.at
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 9 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- montafonerbahn.at
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 7 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €3–5
- 1st Class Ticket
- €6–8
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Bregenz to Lindau-Reutin
- Ave. Duration
- 7 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bregenz bus station to Mannheim central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bregenz bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +43 5572 32300
- office@landbusunterland.at
- Website
- landbusunterland.at
Bus from Hard Brückenwaage to Bregenz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- landbusunterland.at
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More Questions & Answers
Hard to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Hard to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Koeln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hard to Cologne is 534 km. It takes approximately 5h 52m to drive from Hard to Cologne.
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