There are 10 ways to get from Görlitz to Cologne by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzschetrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DRS - DUS
4h 32m€155–531Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Görlitz to Bensberg bus stationbus N20
10h 19m€55–95Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain Re1
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
8h 18m€146–649Drive 668.4 km
- Drive from Görlitz to Colognecar 668.4 km
5h 44m€96–138Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzschetrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DRS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
4h 44m€199–542Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Goerlitz to Cottbus Hbftrain
- Take the train from Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof to S Königs Wusterhausen Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BER - CGN
5h 47m€101–279Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Goerlitz to Cottbus Hbftrain
- Take the train from Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof to S Königs Wusterhausen Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BER - DUS
6h 15m€130–316Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the bus from Zittau station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PRG - DUS
8h 24m€92–245Train
- Take the train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain Re1 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Köln Hbftrain 55 / ...
9h 27m€150–679Train, bus
- Take the train from Goerlitz to Dresden Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
20h 9m
Görlitz to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Görlitz to Cologne is to bus which costs €55 - €95 and takes 10h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Görlitz to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 4h 32m and costs €150 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Görlitz to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Görlitz and arriving at Köln Breslauer Platz/Hbf via Bergisch Gladbach Bensberg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Görlitz to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Görlitz Bahnhof and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 18m.
The distance between Görlitz and Cologne is 635 km. The road distance is 668.4 km.
The best way to get from Görlitz to Cologne without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 18m and costs €140 - €650.
It takes approximately 4h 32m to get from Görlitz to Cologne, including transfers.
Görlitz to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Görlitz station.
Görlitz to Cologne train services, operated by trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB, depart from Görlitz Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Görlitz to Cologne is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 18m and costs €140 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €95 and takes 10h 19m.
What companies run services between Görlitz, Germany and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Leipzig Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 8h 18m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Görlitz to Bensberg bus station once daily. Tickets cost €55–95 and the journey takes 9h 15m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Dresden Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Dresden Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Dresden Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–120
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Görlitz Bahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Goerlitz to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof to S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof to S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Goerlitz to Cottbus Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
Train from Goerlitz to Cottbus Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Görlitz to Bensberg bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zittau station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Görlitz to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bensberg bus station.
Görlitz to Cologne train services, operated by trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB, arrive at Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Görlitz to Cologne is 668 km. It takes approximately 5h 44m to drive from Görlitz to Cologne.
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