There are 14 ways to get from Llanelli to Cologne by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
9h 45m€252–497Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Llanelli Bus Station Stand 2 to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGNbus N870 / ...
19h 40m€88–187Bus, train
- Take the bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
17h 9m€106–248Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Llanelli to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colognecar
9h 14mTrain to Cardiff Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Llanelli to Bridgendtrain
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CWL - DUS
9h 27m€151–366Train, bus
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Maastrichtbus
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain Re
20h 7m€146–300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Llanelli to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colognecar
10h 28m€145–244Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Llanelli to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MAN - CGN
9h 18m€132–330Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LGW - CGN
8h 55m€183–497Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Llanelli to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAN - DUS
9h 51m€169–353Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
8h 35m€185–420Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
8h 46m€154–394Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BHX - DUS
8h 50m€177–378Train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Llanelli to Bridgendtrain
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CWL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
10h 3m€114–462
Llanelli to Cologne by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Llanelli to Cologne is to bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 19h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Llanelli to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 8h 35m and costs €180 - €420.
No, there is no direct train from Llanelli to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Llanelli and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Swansea, Paddington, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 45m.
The distance between Llanelli and Cologne is 918 km.
The best way to get from Llanelli to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 9h 45m and costs €250 - €500.
It takes approximately 9h 45m to get from Llanelli to Cologne, including transfers.
Llanelli to Cologne train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Swansea station.
The best way to get from Llanelli to Cologne is to train which takes 9h 45m and costs €250 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €190 and takes 19h 40m.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Llanelli. It is currently 8:46 AM in Llanelli and 9:46 AM in Cologne.
Llanelli to Cologne train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
What companies run services between Llanelli, Wales and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Llanelli to Koeln Hbf via Swansea, London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Llanelli Bus Station Stand 2 to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 19h 40m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Swansea to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Llanelli to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Llanelli to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Llanelli to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €11–12
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Swansea Bus Station Stand B to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Llanelli Bus Station Stand 2 to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–35
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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