There are 13 ways to get from Poole to Cologne by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
8h 11m€140–532Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach StationUk061
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGNN280 / ...
18h 45m€57–122Bus, train
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Dover700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln HansaringS11 / ...
17h 32m€66–118Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Poole to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cologne
7h 39mTrain to Southampton Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)SOU - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
7h 22m€172–438Train via London
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf79
8h 33m€139–531Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Poole to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cologne
8h 48m€144–206Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Poole to Woking
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)LHR - CGN
6h 7m€102–340Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Poole to Woking
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LHR - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
6h 43m€95–326Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)STN - CGN
7h 3m€93–313Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Poole to Clapham Junction
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LGW - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
6h 56m€111–370Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BHX - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
8h 26m€112–600Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)SOU - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Köln Hbf
8h 1m€113–458
Poole to Cologne by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Cologne is to bus which costs €55 - €130 and takes 18h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 7m and costs €100 - €340.
No, there is no direct train from Poole to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Poole and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Waterloo station, Euston station, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 11m.
The distance between Poole and Cologne is 777 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 8h 11m and costs €140 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Poole to Cologne, including transfers.
Poole to Cologne train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Poole station.
The best way to get from Poole to Cologne is to train which takes 8h 11m and costs €140 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €130 and takes 18h 45m.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Poole. It is currently 12:57 AM in Poole and 1:57 AM in Cologne.
Poole to Cologne train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Poole to Koeln Hbf via London Waterloo, Waterloo station, Euston station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 8h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seldown Coach Station to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 18h 45m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Southampton Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Southampton Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Southampton Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–360
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Southampton Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Southampton Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- 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
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- 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
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hansaring
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €14–23
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–55
- 1st Class
- €70–120
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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