There are 13 ways to get from Rimini to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BLQ - CGN
5h 12m€54–280Train via Milan
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Mannheim Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
12h 3m€185–418Bus via Zurich
- Take the bus from Rimini Nord to Zurichbus Senise
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
17h 22mDrive 1,152.8 km
- Drive from Rimini to Colognecar 1,152.8 km
10h 42m€180–260Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BLQ - DUS
6h€85–293Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 6m€142–418Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VRN - CGN
6h 32m€106–351Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VCE - CGN
6h 56m€85–351Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FLR - DUS
7h 7m€131–381Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rimini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane VCE - DUS
7h 44m€101–364Train
- Take the train from Rimini to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
12h 29m€223–548Bus
- Take the bus from Rimini to Frankfurt central train stationbus N422
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
17h 48mDrive, car train
- Drive from Rimini to Kufsteincar
- Take the car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Colognecar
14h 2m€220–307
Rimini to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €50 - €280 and takes 5h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €50 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Rimini to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Arco d'Augusto and arriving at Köln via Rimini Nord and Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Rimini to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Rimini and arriving at Köln Hbf via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 3m.
The distance between Rimini and Cologne is 903 km. The road distance is 1152.8 km.
The best way to get from Rimini to Cologne without a car is to train via Milan which takes 12h 3m and costs €180 - €420.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Rimini to Cologne, including transfers.
Rimini to Cologne bus services, operated by Autolinee Ventre, depart from Rimini Nord station.
Rimini to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Rimini station.
The best way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to train via Milan which takes 12h 3m and costs €180 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus via Zurich, which costs and takes 17h 22m.
What companies run services between Rimini, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Rimini to Köln Hbf via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, Mannheim Hbf, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 12h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Arco d'Augusto to Köln via Covignano - Farmacia, Rimini Nord, Zurich, and Zürich Bus Station in around 17h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–450
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–360
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–850
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–800
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rimini to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
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 Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €14–20
- 2nd Class
- €17–23
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- info@ventrebus.com
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Rimini Nord to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €37
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
- Phone
- +39 0825-26416
- INFORMAZIONI@BARTOLINIPULLMAN.IT
- Website
- bartolinipullman.it
Bus from Rimini Nord to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- bartolinipullman.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
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rimini to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Rimini to Cologne bus services, operated by Autolinee Ventre, arrive at Zurich station.
Rimini to Cologne train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rimini to Cologne is 1153 km. It takes approximately 10h 42m to drive from Rimini to Cologne.
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