There are 11 ways to get from Rhyl to Cologne by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Rhyl to Chestertrain
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
9h 38m€233–473Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus Uk021 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus N380 / ...
20h 56m€74–131Train, bus
- Take the train from Rhyl to Shrewsburytrain
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
20h 43m€146–326Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rhyl to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colognecar
9h 45m€279–351Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAN - DUS
6h 21m€117–266Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rhyl to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colognecar
10h 52m€155–270Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MAN - CGN
6h 2m€80–278Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 2m€157–422Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rhyl to Chestertrain
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BHX - DUS
7h 51m€130–312Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MAN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Köln Hbftrain
8h 13m€137–382Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MAN - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
9h 9m€126–357
Rhyl to Cologne by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rhyl to Cologne is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 20h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Rhyl to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 6h 2m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct train from Rhyl to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Rhyl and arriving at Koeln Hbf via Chester, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 38m.
The distance between Rhyl and Cologne is 926 km.
The best way to get from Rhyl to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 9h 38m and costs €230 - €480.
It takes approximately 9h 38m to get from Rhyl to Cologne, including transfers.
Rhyl to Cologne train services, operated by Transport for Wales, depart from Rhyl station.
The best way to get from Rhyl to Cologne is to train which takes 9h 38m and costs €230 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €140 and takes 20h 56m.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Rhyl. It is currently 3:45 AM in Rhyl and 4:45 AM in Cologne.
Rhyl to Cologne train services, operated by Transport for Wales, arrive at Chester station.
What companies run services between Rhyl, Wales and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Rhyl to Koeln Hbf via Chester, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rhyl to Köln via Shotton, Chester Rd West, Chester Bus Interchange, London Victoria, and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station in around 20h 56m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–460
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Rhyl to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Rhyl to Shrewsbury
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Rhyl to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Rhyl to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- 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
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- 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 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €135
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €135
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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