There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Szeged by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CGN - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szegedtrain
6h 36mFt 30,066–84,132Train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Koebanya-Kispesttrain 347
- Take the train from Koebanya-Kispest to Szegedtrain Ic
16h 19mFt 73,003–178,542Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest Airportbus 1924
- Take the bus from Budapest Airport to Szegedbus 962 / ...
20h 1mFt 40,796–65,654Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Koeln Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Zuglo to Szegedtrain Ic
17h 41mFt 36,379–77,247Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szegedtrain
7h 25mFt 36,601–89,070Train to Frankfurt, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szegedtrain
7h 11mFt 36,918–82,900Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DTM - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szegedtrain
8h 7mFly Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane CGN - TSR
- Take the bus from Timișoara to Szegedbus
11h 1mFt 35,448–106,614Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Subotica, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the train from Subotica to Szegedtrain Re
24h 3mFt 43,148–48,668Drive 1,280.8 km
- Drive from Cologne to Szegedcar 1,280.8 km
11h 42mFt 72,336–104,485
Cologne to Szeged by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Szeged is to bus and train which costs 43 000 Ft - 49 000 Ft and takes 24h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Szeged is to fly and train which takes 6h 36m and costs 30 000 Ft - 85 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Szeged. However, there are services departing from Cologne Airport CGN and arriving at Szeged via Budapest Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Szeged. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Szeged via Stuttgart Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf and Koebanya-Kispest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 19m.
The distance between Cologne and Szeged is 1155 km. The road distance is 1280.8 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Szeged without a car is to train which takes 16h 19m and costs 70 000 Ft - 180 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Cologne to Szeged, including transfers.
Cologne to Szeged bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cologne Airport CGN station.
Cologne to Szeged train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Szeged is to train which takes 16h 19m and costs 70 000 Ft - 180 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 40 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 20h 1m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Szeged, Hungary?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Szeged via Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf, and Koebanya-Kispest in around 16h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Szeged via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Cologne Airport CGN, and Budapest Airport in around 20h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–55,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–160,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–95,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–47,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–65,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–160,000
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–3,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Koebanya-Kispest to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,100–3,600
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Zuglo to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–3,800
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–3,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–3,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–3,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Subotica to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,100–1,300
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–46,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–55,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–42,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,600–7,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–23,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–28,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–14,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–45,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–30,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–25,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–32,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–48,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 40,000–48,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 29,000–34,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 18,000–22,000
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–55,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest Airport to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–7,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Timișoara to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,900–7,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Köln Hbf to Subotica, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Köln Hbf to Subotica, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
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Booking & Getting There
Cologne to Szeged bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest Airport station.
Cologne to Szeged train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Szeged is 1281 km. It takes approximately 11h 42m to drive from Cologne to Szeged.
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