There are 10 ways to get from Kandern to Cologne by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Freiburg im Breisgau
best- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 43
5h 28m€80–93Night train
cheapest- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
8h 10m€45–263Bus
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
8h 7mDrive 474.3 km
- Drive from Kandern to Colognecar 474.3 km
4h 4m€68–97Train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
5h 33m€75–150Fly Basel to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BSL - CGN
7h 48m€73–239Fly Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BSL - DUS
7h 34m€103–272Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
6h 20m€106–291Bus, train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Kandern, Busbahnhof to Lörrach-Brombach, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Brombach/Hauingen to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ZRH - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 11mFly Basel to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BSL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 58m€156–313
Kandern to Cologne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kandern to Cologne is to drive which costs €65 - €100 and takes 4h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Kandern to Cologne is to drive which takes 4h 4m and costs €65 - €100.
No, there is no direct bus from Kandern to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Kandern, Busbahnhof and arriving at Köln via Basel, Badischer Bahnhof and Basel, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 7m.
The distance between Kandern and Cologne is 474 km. The road distance is 474.3 km.
The best way to get from Kandern to Cologne without a car is to train via Freiburg im Breisgau which takes 5h 28m and costs €75 - €95.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Kandern to Cologne, including transfers.
Kandern to Cologne bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Kandern to Cologne is to train via Freiburg im Breisgau which takes 5h 28m and costs €75 - €95. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 8h 7m, you could also fly, which costs €70 - €240 and takes 7h 48m.
Kandern to Cologne bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Köln station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kandern to Cologne is 474 km. It takes approximately 4h 4m to drive from Kandern to Cologne.
What companies run services between Kandern, Germany and Cologne, Germany?
Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC) operates a train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf twice a week. Tickets cost €70–80 and the journey takes 3h 13m. Alternatively, GrandBus operates a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Köln once daily, and the journey takes 5h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Basel to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Zurich Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Basel to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Basel to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Brombach/Hauingen to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–21
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €24–35
- Comfort
- €25–35
- Premium
- €40–55
- 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
- Phone
- 0781/8059643
- tgo@ortenaukreis.de
- Website
- ortenaulinie.de
Bus from Kandern, Busbahnhof to Lörrach-Brombach, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mittelbaden Lahr
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