There are 10 ways to get from Lucca to Cologne by bus, plane, train (Trenitalia), car, train, or car train
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Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FLR - DUS
5h 57m€103–269Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
6h 23m€78–342Train
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
14h 14m€182–341Bus
- Take the bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus 443 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGNbus N537
19h 50m€94–139Drive 1,100.6 km
- Drive from Lucca to Colognecar 1,100.6 km
10h 25m€168–243Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
7h 10m€108–354Bus to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2bus
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 11m€124–325Train via Basel
- Take the train from Viareggio to Bellinzonatrain Ec
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
16h 31m€141–385Bus via Zurich
- Take the bus from P.Za D'Azeglio to San Donato - Nuova Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Milan to Zurich Ausstellungsstrassebus
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus
20h 23mDrive, car train
- Drive from Lucca to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Colognecar
11h 1m€232–317
Lucca to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lucca to Cologne is to bus which costs €90 - €140 and takes 19h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lucca to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €100 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Lucca to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Verdi 3 and arriving at Köln via P.Za D'Azeglio, Milan and Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Lucca to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Lucca and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Florence Santa Maria Novella, Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Lucca and Cologne is 1015 km. The road distance is 1100.6 km.
The best way to get from Lucca to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs €180 - €350.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Lucca to Cologne, including transfers.
Lucca to Cologne bus services, operated by Autostradale, depart from P.Za D'Azeglio station.
Lucca to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Lucca station.
The best way to get from Lucca to Cologne is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs €180 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €140 and takes 19h 50m.
What companies run services between Lucca, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Lucca to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Florence Santa Maria Novella, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 14h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lucca to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 19h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lucca to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- 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
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
Train from Viareggio to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €80–110
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €70–100
- 2nd Class
- €50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 055 849 0505
- servizioclienti@at-bus.it
- Website
- at-bus.it
Bus from Stazione Fs to Firenze T2 Guidoni P2
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.at-bus.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Lucca to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
Bus from Milan to Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from P.Za D'Azeglio to San Donato - Nuova Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €25–35
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milan to Zurich Ausstellungsstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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
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More Questions & Answers
Lucca to Cologne bus services, operated by Autostradale, arrive at San Donato - Nuova Autostazione station.
Lucca to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Firenze S.M.N. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lucca to Cologne is 1101 km. It takes approximately 10h 25m to drive from Lucca to Cologne.
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