There are 9 ways to get from Loire to Cologne by unknown, train, bus, or plane
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Travel, train via Paris
best- Walk from Loire to Bellevueunknown
- Take the train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
10h 17mTravel, bus
- Walk from Loire to Bellevueunknown
- Take the bus from Vannes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 792
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cologne Airport CGNbus N74 / ...
17h 6mTravel, train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Walk from Loire to Bellevueunknown
- Take the train from Vannes to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane RNS - DUS
10h 40mTravel, train
- Walk from Loire to Bellevueunknown
- Take the train from Vannes to Rennestrain Ter
- Take the train from Rennes to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
11h 49mTravel, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Walk from Loire to St Nazaireunknown
- Take the train from St Nazaire to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane NTE - DUS
7h 38mTravel, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Walk from Loire to St Nazaireunknown
- Take the train from St Nazaire to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane NTE - CGN
8h 21mTravel, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Walk from Loire to St Nazaireunknown
- Take the train from St Nazaire to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NTE - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 23mTravel, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Walk from Loire to St Nazaireunknown
- Take the train from St Nazaire to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NTE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
8h 40mTravel, train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Luxembourg, train
- Walk from Loire to St Nazaireunknown
- Take the train from St Nazaire to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane NTE - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbftrain
11h 28m
Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Loire and Cologne is 1088 km.
The best way to get from Loire to Cologne without a car is to travel and train via Paris which takes 10h 17m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Loire to Cologne, including transfers.
There are 1780+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Loire, Pays de la Loire, France and Cologne, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Loire to Cologne. However, you can travel to Bellevue, take the line 7 bus to Gare SNCF Sud, walk to Vannes, take the train to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, walk to Montparnasse Bienvenue, take the line 4 subway to Gare du Nord, walk to Paris Nord, then take the train to Koeln Hbf. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Loire to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Bellevue, Vannes, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 17h 6m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–490
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Luxembourg via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Vannes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Nazaire to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Vannes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €80–120
- Rail 1st Class
- €120–180
Train from Vannes to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €21–35
- Rail 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Rennes to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €120–180
- Rail 1st Class
- €190–270
Train from St Nazaire to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- 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
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €22–35
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vannes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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