There are 10 ways to get from Kielce to Cologne by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Warsaw Chopin Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
best- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane WAW - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 32m€108–324Train to Katowice International Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Tarnowskie Gorytrain
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane KTW - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
10h 9m€79–339Train via Leipzig
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
12h 41m€160–344Bus
- Take the bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus 1261 / ...
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Bensberg bus stationbus N20
19h 38m€99–154Drive 1,159.5 km
- Drive from Kielce to Colognecar 1,159.5 km
10h 24m€171–246Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRK - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 55m€103–303Train to Katowice International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Tarnowskie Gorytrain
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane KTW - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
8h 27mTrain to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KRK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 53m€131–314Train
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurttrain Drf
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbftrain 79 / ...
21h 3mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Kraków to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
30h 28m€204–237
Kielce to Cologne by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kielce to Cologne is to bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 19h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Kielce to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 32m and costs €100 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Kielce station to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Kielce, Bus Station and arriving at Köln Neumarkt via Krakow, MDA Bus Station and Bergisch Gladbach Bensberg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 38m.
No, there is no direct train from Kielce to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Kielce Glowne and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 41m.
The distance between Kielce and Cologne is 1232 km. The road distance is 1159.5 km.
The best way to get from Kielce to Cologne without a car is to train via Leipzig which takes 12h 41m and costs €160 - €350.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Kielce to Cologne, including transfers.
Kielce to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kielce, Bus Station.
Kielce to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Kielce Glowne station.
The best way to get from Kielce to Cologne is to train via Leipzig which takes 12h 41m and costs €160 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €160 and takes 19h 38m.
What companies run services between Kielce, Poland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Kielce Glowne to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 12h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Köln Neumarkt via Krakow, MDA Bus Station and Bergisch Gladbach Bensberg in around 19h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Tarnowskie Gory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Tarnowskie Gory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Kielce Glowne to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kielce, Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Bensberg bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Kraków to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–210
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Kielce to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
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