There are 11 ways to get from Mendrisio to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
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Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MXP - CGN
5h 19m€60–237Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
6h 49m€40–209Train
- Take the train from Lugano to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain Ice / ...
9h 43m€142–248Bus
- Take the bus from Chiasso to Zürichbus
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
13h 38mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Bellinzonatrain S10 / ...
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
11h 29m€71–384Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
6h 5m€64–292Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MXP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbftrain
6h 13m€83–282Train, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Seregnotrain
- Take the train from Seregno to Milano Forlaninitrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 27m€78–284Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
6h 46m€131–398Train, bus
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Castione-Arbedotrain S10
- Take the train from Castione-Arbedo to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Coblenz central train stationbus
- Take the train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Suedtrain Re
16h 4mDrive 766.7 km
- Drive from Mendrisio to Colognecar 766.7 km
7h€131–190
Mendrisio to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mendrisio to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €40 - €210 and takes 6h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Mendrisio to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 19m and costs €60 - €240.
No, there is no direct train from Mendrisio to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Mendrisio and arriving at Köln Hbf via Lugano and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 43m.
The distance between Mendrisio and Cologne is 669 km. The road distance is 766.7 km.
The best way to get from Mendrisio to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 9h 43m and costs €140 - €250.
It takes approximately 5h 19m to get from Mendrisio to Cologne, including transfers.
Mendrisio to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, depart from Lugano station.
The best way to get from Mendrisio to Cologne is to train which takes 9h 43m and costs €140 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 13h 38m.
Mendrisio to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia EuroCity, arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mendrisio to Cologne is 767 km. It takes approximately 7h to drive from Mendrisio to Cologne.
What companies run services between Mendrisio, Switzerland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Mendrisio to Köln Hbf via Lugano and Frankfurt in around 9h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mendrisio, Autosilo to Köln via Chiasso, Municipio, Chiasso, Zürich, Zürich Stadelhofen, Zürich HB, and Zürich Bus Station in around 13h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–380
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
- €90–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- 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
- €50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Castione-Arbedo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Seregno to Milano Forlanini
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Castione-Arbedo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €120–180
- 2nd Class
- €120–170
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €35–50
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Castione-Arbedo to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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
- €30–103
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €98–103
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +39 0827 34 117
- info@gruppodimaio.it
- Website
- gruppodimaio.it
Bus from Chiasso to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Schedules at
- gruppodimaio.it
- 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
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Coblenz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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