There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Opole by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Wroclaw, train
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
6h 17mzł 520–1,401Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Wroclaw
cheapest- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane EIN - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
8h 48mzł 397–1,569Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Opole Glownetrain Ic
11h 43mzł 700–1,544Bus
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Opole, Bus stationbus N1360b
17h 11mzł 458–661Drive 907.8 km
- Drive from Cologne to Opolecar 907.8 km
7h 59mzł 590–852Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane DTM - KTW
- Take the train from Katowice to Opole Glownetrain
8h 6mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Wroclaw, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane DTM - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
6h 58mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane DUS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Opole Glownetrain
8h 48mzł 484–1,371Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glownetrain Eic / ...
13h 21mzł 707–1,659Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln to Wrocławbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Zachodnietrain R
26h 9mzł 770–829
Cologne to Opole by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to bus which costs 450 zł - 700 zł and takes 17h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train and fly which takes 6h 17m and costs 500 zł - 1 400 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Opole station. However, there are services departing from Köln and arriving at Opole, Bus station via Düsseldorf central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Opole. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Opole Glowne via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt and Zgorzelec. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 43m.
The distance between Cologne and Opole is 861 km. The road distance is 907.8 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 43m and costs 700 zł - 1 600 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 17m to get from Cologne to Opole, including transfers.
Cologne to Opole bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus station.
Cologne to Opole train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Opole is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 43m and costs 700 zł - 1 600 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 450 zł - 700 zł and takes 17h 11m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Opole, Poland?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Opole Glowne via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, and Zgorzelec in around 11h 43m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Opole, Bus station 5 times a week. Tickets cost zł 400–600 and the journey takes 15h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 430–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 430–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 390–1,200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 120–600
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–1,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 650–2,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 330–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 340–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 120–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 130–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 360–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–160
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 24–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–220
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 45–90
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 85–160
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Glowne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 19–26
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Opole Zachodnie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 18–26
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–70
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–280
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Opole, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 400–600
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Wrocław
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 750–850
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Cologne to Opole bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Opole, Bus station.
Cologne to Opole train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Opole is 908 km. It takes approximately 7h 59m to drive from Cologne to Opole.
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