There are 11 ways to get from Imperia to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, or car
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Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NCE - CGN
6h 36m€77–290Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Imperia to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
9h 12m€67–239Train
- Take the train from Imperia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
13h 6m€141–313Bus
- Take the bus from Imperia to Genoabus FlixBus N739
- Take the bus from Genoa to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N177
18h 40m€76–139Drive 1,058.8 km
- Drive from Imperia to Colognecar 1,058.8 km
9h 58m€163–235Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NCE - DUS
7h 24m€83–273Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Imperia to Paviatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
8h 35m€96–302Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NCE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 35m€140–378Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane NCE - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
9h 9m€112–338Train via Zurich
- Take the train from Imperia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain Ice
13h 44m€260–718Train, bus
- Take the train from Imperia to Saronnotrain
- Take the bus from Como Grandate to Baselbus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kölnbus
20h 22m
Imperia to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Imperia to Cologne is to bus which costs €75 - €140 and takes 18h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Imperia to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 36m and costs €75 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Imperia to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Imperia and arriving at Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 6m.
The distance between Imperia and Cologne is 900 km. The road distance is 1058.8 km.
The best way to get from Imperia to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 13h 6m and costs €140 - €320.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Imperia to Cologne, including transfers.
Imperia to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Imperia station.
The best way to get from Imperia to Cologne is to train which takes 13h 6m and costs €140 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €140 and takes 18h 40m.
Imperia to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Imperia to Cologne is 1059 km. It takes approximately 9h 58m to drive from Imperia to Cologne.
What companies run services between Imperia, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Imperia to Köln Hbf via Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 13h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Imperia to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Genoa, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 18h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Brussels Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Imperia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Imperia to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Imperia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Imperia to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €35–55
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- 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
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Imperia to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Imperia to Saronno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €17–21
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Imperia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Como Grandate to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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