There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Zillertal by train, bus, car, plane, or car train
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufsteintrain Rb
7h 17m€130–682Train
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
10h 56m€51–154Bus
- Take the bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus stationbus N28
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Jenbach stationbus 485
13h 20m€57–92Drive 691.1 km
- Drive from Cologne to Zillertalcar 691.1 km
6h 13m€112–162Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CGN - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
- Take the train from Kufstein to Jenbachtrain
- Take the train from Jenbach to Kapfing Im Zillertaltrain
5h 46m€104–453Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Zillertalcar
8h 59m€147–186Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane DUS - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
6h 14m€112–472Train to Frankfurt, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane FRA - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbachtrain
6h 1m€184–486Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane DUS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbachtrain
6h 58m€110–296Train to Frankfurt, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane FRA - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
6h 16m€131–552Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CGN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Flughafen to Jenbachtrain
9h 17m€121–273
Cologne to Zillertal by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Zillertal is to bus which costs €55 - €95 and takes 13h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Zillertal is to fly and train which takes 5h 46m and costs €100 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Cologne to Zillertal. However, there are services departing from Köln Heumarkt and arriving at Kapfing Schöne Aussicht via Leverkusen, Munich central bus station and Jenbach Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Zillertal. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Kapfing Im Zillertal via Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Kufstein and Jenbach. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 17m.
The distance between Cologne and Zillertal is 724 km. The road distance is 691.1 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Zillertal without a car is to train via Munich which takes 7h 17m and costs €130 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 17m to get from Cologne to Zillertal, including transfers.
Cologne to Zillertal bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leverkusen station.
Cologne to Zillertal train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Zillertal is to train via Munich which takes 7h 17m and costs €130 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €95 and takes 13h 20m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Zillertal, Austria?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Kapfing Im Zillertal via München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, Kufstein, and Jenbach in around 7h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Köln Heumarkt to Kapfing Schöne Aussicht via Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf, Leverkusen, Munich central bus station, and Jenbach Bahnhof in around 13h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Kufstein to Jenbach
- *
- €12–18
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- *
- €27–40
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- *
- €27–40
Train from Zuerich Flughafen to Jenbach
- *
- €45–75
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Kufstein to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €70–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €45–55
- Seating Carriage
- €14–18
Train from Köln Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Jenbach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 52 44 - 606-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Zillertalbahn
Train from Jenbach to Kapfing Im Zillertal
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- Zillertalbahn
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leverkusen to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Jenbach station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Flixbus
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More Questions & Answers
Cologne to Zillertal bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Cologne to Zillertal train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Zillertal is 691 km. It takes approximately 6h 13m to drive from Cologne to Zillertal.
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