There are 12 ways to get from Wakefield to Cologne by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Wakefield Westgate to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
7h 43m€120–635Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Wakefield Westgate to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbf79
14h 55m€52–130Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Wakefield to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cologne
8h 50mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)MAN - CGN
5h 22m€69–230Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals426 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGNN280 / ...
20h 59m€61–135Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Wakefield to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Cologne
9h 57m€166–238Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MAN - DUS
5h 56m€94–307Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LBA - DUS
6h 58m€102–273Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Wakefield Westgate to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BHX - DUS
6h 22m€117–434Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Wakefield Westgate to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)BHX - CGN
5h 54m€112–377Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)LBA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
7h 51m€125–339Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)MAN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
7h 54m€118–313
Wakefield to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wakefield to Cologne is to train and bus which costs €50 - €130 and takes 14h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Wakefield to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €65 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Wakefield to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Wakefield Westgate and arriving at Koeln Hbf via London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 43m.
The distance between Wakefield and Cologne is 873 km.
The best way to get from Wakefield to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 7h 43m and costs €120 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 43m to get from Wakefield to Cologne, including transfers.
Wakefield to Cologne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Wakefield Westgate station.
The best way to get from Wakefield to Cologne is to train which takes 7h 43m and costs €120 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €140 and takes 20h 59m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €280 and takes 6h 58m.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Wakefield. It is currently 4:48 PM in Wakefield and 5:48 PM in Cologne.
Wakefield to Cologne train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
What companies run services between Wakefield, England and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Wakefield Westgate to Koeln Hbf via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 7h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Queen Elizabeth GS to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Leeds City Bus & Coach Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Cologne Airport CGN, and Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf in around 20h 59m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- 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
- €65–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Wakefield Westgate to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Wakefield Westgate to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–200
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- 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
- €45–110
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wakefield Westgate to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Wakefield Westgate to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Wakefield Westgate to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €29–45
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Wakefield Kirkgate to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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