There are 10 ways to get from Versailles to Cologne by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, or plane
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Train via La Défense (Eurostar)
best- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain Thalys
4h 55m€175–299Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Versailles to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N1153
10h 45m€43–73Bus, train
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbftrain 79
7h 59m€66–150Drive 498 km
- Drive from Versailles to Colognecar 498 km
4h 50m€76–110Train, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Versailles Château Rive Gauche to Saint-Michel Notre-Dametrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CDG - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 37m€123–309Train (Eurostar)
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbftrain Tha
5h 9m€176–302Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CDG - CGN
7h 14m€127–316Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CDG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 58m€115–294Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CDG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 17m€157–394Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CDG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
8h 8m€162–429
Versailles to Cologne by train (Eurostar)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Versailles to Cologne is to bus which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Versailles to Cologne is to drive which takes 4h 50m and costs €75 - €110.
No, there is no direct train from Versailles to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Versailles Rive Droite and arriving at Koeln Hbf via La Défense and Paris Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 55m.
The distance between Versailles and Cologne is 553 km. The road distance is 498 km.
The best way to get from Versailles to Cologne without a car is to train via La Défense which takes 4h 55m and costs €170 - €300.
It takes approximately 4h 55m to get from Versailles to Cologne, including transfers.
Versailles to Cologne train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Paris Nord station.
The best way to get from Versailles to Cologne is to train via La Défense which takes 4h 55m and costs €170 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €75 and takes 10h 45m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €320 and takes 7h 14m.
Versailles to Cologne train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Koeln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Versailles to Cologne is 498 km. It takes approximately 4h 50m to drive from Versailles to Cologne.
What companies run services between Versailles, France and Cologne, Germany?
Eurostar operates a train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf 5 times a day. Tickets cost €170–290 and the journey takes 3h 20m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Versailles to Cologne Airport CGN 6 times a week. Tickets cost €40–70 and the journey takes 10h 25m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–420
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–400
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Southend
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- 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 Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Versailles Château Rive Gauche to Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–8
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Versailles to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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