There are 12 ways to get from Ostrava to Cologne by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
12h 20m€87–272Bus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Ostrava to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane KTW - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 16m€50–186Bus
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Frankfurt central train stationbus N1310
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGNbus N61 / ...
14h 46m€57–113Drive 1,007.5 km
- Drive from Ostrava to Colognecar 1,007.5 km
9h 17m€151–218Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VIE - CGN
7h 32m€67–276Train via Prague
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Frankfurt(Main)Suedtrain Ec
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain 79 / ...
15h 25m€145–306Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Prahabus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Bus Station to Frankfurt am Mainbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Köln Hbfbus
18h 42mBus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KTW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 15m€117–271Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VIE - DUS
8h 17m€92–338Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KRK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 35m€153–373Bus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Maastricht Aachen Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ostrava to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST)plane KTW - MST
- Take the train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 39m€75–332Train to Wroclaw, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bohumin to Wroclaw Glownytrain
- Fly from Wroclaw (WRO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane WRO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
8h 39m€115–325
Ostrava to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ostrava to Cologne is to bus which costs €55 - €120 and takes 14h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Ostrava to Cologne is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 15m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Ostrava to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Ostrava and arriving at Köln Hbf via Prague Florenc Bus Station and Frankfurt am Main. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 42m.
No, there is no direct train from Ostrava to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wien Hbf and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 20m.
The distance between Ostrava and Cologne is 1181 km. The road distance is 1007.5 km.
The best way to get from Ostrava to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 12h 20m and costs €85 - €280.
It takes approximately 12h 20m to get from Ostrava to Cologne, including transfers.
Ostrava to Cologne bus services, operated by Flixbus Polska sp.o.o, depart from Ostrava station.
Ostrava to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi station.
The best way to get from Ostrava to Cologne is to train which takes 12h 20m and costs €85 - €280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €120 and takes 14h 46m.
What companies run services between Ostrava, Czechia and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wien Hbf, Nuernberg Hbf, and Nürnberg Hbf in around 12h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ostrava to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Frankfurt central train station, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 14h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Wroclaw to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Wroclaw to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Wroclaw to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Wroclaw to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–17
- 1st Class
- €16–21
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €87
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Bohumin to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–20
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Frankfurt(Main)Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €9–14
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €9–11
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €13–22
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ostrava to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ostrava to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Ostrava to Praha
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Prague Florenc Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
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More Questions & Answers
Ostrava to Cologne bus services, operated by Flixbus Polska sp.o.o, arrive at Praha station.
Ostrava to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ostrava to Cologne is 1008 km. It takes approximately 9h 17m to drive from Ostrava to Cologne.
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