Train Travel Times to Cologne
From Bonn, Berlin, Aachen, Dortmund, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart
A major transport hub on the German rail network, Koln Hauptbahnhof makes the biggest city in NordRhein-Westfalen accessible to Bremen, Hanover & Essen.
Archetypal transport hub: Cologne in Germany
If ever there was an archetypal transport hub, it would be Cologne in Germany. The nearby airport is a major landing spot for budget airlines offering cheap flights all across Europe, while it is a major destination on the German rail network. Cologne Station (or Koln hauptbahnhof for those in Germany, looking at a printed or online timetable and feeling a little bit confused) is very busy indeed.
Biggest city in the federal state of NordRhein Westfalen
But it would be a huge mistake to think of Cologne as somewhere just to pass through on the train. With a population of just under one million, Cologne is the biggest city in the federal state of NordRhien-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), and it is regarded as Germany’s media capital. Highlights include taking a cable car across the river Rhine, the absolutely enormous Gothic cathedral and on a more esoteric level, the world biggest record store… The local branch of the Saturn chain is absolutely humungous.
Three Wise Men pilgrimage site
The huge cathedral also contains a fairly important religious relic. Inside is a gold sarcophagus that allegedly contains the bones of the Magi (better known to the rest of us as the three wise men or three kings from the Orient). More to the point, the cathedral is right outside the station.
Train travel times to Cologne from German cities
So, instead of just using Cologne as a rail hub, why not build it into a travel itinerary? Visitors to other German cities may be surprised how close Cologne’s attractions are. The following train travel times are based on the quickest direct route to Cologne from other German cities.
- Train travel time from Berlin to Cologne, Germany: 4 hours 18 minutes (Berlin hauptbahnhoff – Koln hauptbahnhof)
- Train travel time from Bonn to Cologne, Germany: 0 hours 21 minutes (Bonn hauptbahnhoff – Koln hauptbahnhof)
- Train travel time from Aachen to Cologne, Germany: 0 hours 36 minutes (Aachen hauptbahnhoff – Koln hauptbahnhof)
- Train travel time from Dusseldorf to Cologne, Germany: 0 hours 38 minutes (Dusseldorf hauptbahnhoff – Koln hbf)
- Train travel time from Dortmund to Cologne, Germany: 1 hour 39 minutes (Dortmund hbf – Koln hauptbahnhof)
- Train travel time from Munich to Cologne, Germany: 4 hours 28 minutes (Munchen hauptbahnhoff – Koln hbf)
- Train travel time from Frankfurt to Cologne, Germany: 1 hour 14 minutes (Frankfurt Main hauptbahnhoff – Koln hbf)
- Train travel time from Stuttgart to Cologne, Germany: 2 hours 14 minutes (Dortmund hbf – Koln hbf)
- Train travel time from Mainz to Cologne, Germany: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Train travel time from Essen to Cologne, Germany: 0 hour 50 minutes
- Train travel time from Koblenz to Cologne, Germany: 0 hour 53 minutes
- Train travel time from Bielefeld to Cologne, Germany: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Train travel time from Hamburg to Cologne, Germany: 4 hours
- Train travel time from Bremen to Cologne, Germany: 3 hours 02 minutes
- Train travel time from Hanover to Cologne, Germany: 2 hours 38 minutes
