There are 11 ways to get from Rimini to Cologne by train, plane, car, car train, bus, or train (Trenitalia)
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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€77–296Bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf
cheapest- Take the bus from Rimini to Frankfurt central train stationbus N422
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Cologne Airport CGNbus N61 / ...
17h 41m€75–127Drive, car train
- Drive from Rimini to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
12h 19m€172–1,105Bus
- Take the bus from Rimini to Frankfurtbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
14h 59mDrive 1,152.8 km
- Drive from Rimini to Colognecar 1,152.8 km
10h 42m€175–253Train 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
5h 57m€97–318Train 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 9m€136–364Train, 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 5m€116–346Train, train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn 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 Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane FLR - CGN
8h 4m€116–344Train
- Take the train from Rimini to München Hbftrain 89
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
12h 34m€129–229Train 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 Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
12h 44m€179–350
Rimini to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to bus via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf which costs €75 - €130 and takes 17h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 12m and costs €75 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Rimini to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Rimini and arriving at Köln via Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Rimini to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Rimini and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 34m.
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 bus which takes 14h 59m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Rimini to Cologne, including transfers.
Rimini to Cologne bus services, operated by Busitalia Simet S.p.A., depart from Rimini station.
Rimini to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Rimini station.
The best way to get from Rimini to Cologne is to bus which takes 14h 59m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs €120 - €230 and takes 12h 34m.
What companies run services between Rimini, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Rimini to Köln via Frankfurt and Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB in around 14h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rimini to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via München Hbf in around 12h 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
- 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 Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- 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
- €12–16
- 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
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- 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
- €10
- 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
- €31–35
- 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 Rimini to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €14–20
- 2nd Class
- €17–23
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
- Phone
- +39 098 3520 315
- info@fsbusitaliafast.it
- Website
- simetbus.it
Bus from Rimini to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Schedules at
- simetbus.it
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
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
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rimini to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- 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
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More Questions & Answers
Rimini to Cologne bus services, operated by Busitalia Simet S.p.A., arrive at Frankfurt station.
Rimini to Cologne train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf 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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