There are 14 ways to get from Tulcea to Cologne by bus, plane, train, night train, car, or car train
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Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Frankfurt, train
best- Take the bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
10h 18mBus, train via Bucharest
cheapest- Take the bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Autogara Augustina
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln HbfRe
22h 45m€38–173Train, night train
- Take the train from Tulcea Oraş to Medgidia
- Take the train from Medgidia to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf41 / ...
34h 15m€185–372Drive 2,138.5 km
- Drive from Tulcea to Cologne2,138.5 km
23h 9m€306–442Bus, bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Galați
- Take the bus from Galaţi to Chişinău Sud Vest
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)RMO - CGN
13h 9m€113–329Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)OTP - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
11h 43mBus, bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Galați
- Take the bus from Galaţi to Chişinău Sud Vest
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)RMO - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
13h 35m€101–360Bus, bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Galați
- Take the bus from Galaţi to Chişinău Sud Vest
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Frankfurt (FRA)RMO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
13h 42m€139–347Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)OTP - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
12h 47mBus, bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Galați
- Take the bus from Galaţi to Chişinău Sud Vest
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)RMO - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
15h 12m€86–292Bus via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Autogara Augustina
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
28h 37m€147–214Bus
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Brăila3901
- Take the bus from Brăila to Köln
33h 30m€94–139Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tulcea to Limburg
- Take the train from Limburg to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln SuedRe
36h 27mDrive, car train
- Drive from Tulcea to Villach Hbf
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
24h 12m€350–1,363
Tulcea to Cologne by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tulcea to Cologne is to bus which costs €90 - €140 and takes 33h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Tulcea to Cologne is to bus and fly which takes 13h 9m and costs €110 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Tulcea to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Tulcea and arriving at Köln Hauptbahnhof via Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Tulcea to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Tulcea Oraş and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Medgidia, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 15m.
The distance between Tulcea and Cologne is 1911 km. The road distance is 2138.4 km.
The best way to get from Tulcea to Cologne without a car is to bus and train via Bucharest which takes 22h 45m and costs €35 - €180.
It takes approximately 10h 18m to get from Tulcea to Cologne, including transfers.
Tulcea to Cologne bus services, operated by Augustina, depart from Tulcea station.
Tulcea to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Tulcea Oraş station.
Tulcea to Cologne bus services, operated by Augustina, arrive at Bucharest Autogara Augustina station.
What companies run services between Tulcea, Romania and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a bus from Tulcea to Köln Hauptbahnhof via Bucharest Autogara Augustina and Bucharest in around 28h 37m.
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- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–150
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- 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
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- 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 Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–35
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Limburg to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Tulcea Oraş to Medgidia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Medgidia to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–18
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Medgidia to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Medgidia to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Koeln Sued
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €21–35
- 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
- 0241 518 581
- rezervari@kirvad.ro
- Website
- kirvad.ro
Bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- kirvad.ro
- Phone
- 0743-334.840
- Website
- augustina.autogari.ro
Bus from Tulcea to Bucharest Autogara Augustina
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–80
- Schedules at
- augustina.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tulcea to Galați
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tulcea to Brăila
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.autogari.ro
Bus from Galaţi to Chişinău Sud Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €137
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Brăila to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Tulcea to Limburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne is 1h behind Tulcea. It is currently 7:23 PM in Tulcea and 6:23 PM in Cologne.
Tulcea to Cologne train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Medgidia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tulcea to Cologne is 2138 km. It takes approximately 23h 9m to drive from Tulcea to Cologne.
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