There are 11 ways to get from Gliwice to Cologne by bus, plane, train, or car
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Bus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczybus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane KTW - DTM
- Take the train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 20mBus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Maastricht Aachen Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczybus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST)plane KTW - MST
- Take the train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
7h 42m€48–497Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Gliwice to Wroclaw Glownytrain 96 / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 41 / ...
12h 23m€184–779Bus via Düsseldorf
- Take the bus from Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus N1361
16h 30m€80–140Drive 976.3 km
- Drive from Gliwice to Colognecar 976.3 km
8h 21m€139–200Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Gliwice to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane KRK - DUS
7h 10m€98–329Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Gliwice to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane KRK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
7h 22m€127–400Bus to Katowice International Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczybus
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane KTW - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
8h 54m€57–340Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Gliwice to Bohumintrain
- Take the train from Bohumin to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VIE - CGN
10h 12m€118–429Train
- Take the train from Gliwice to Wroclaw Glownytrain 96 / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 51 / ...
12h 42m€184–769Bus
- Take the bus from Katowice to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
28h 16m
Gliwice to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gliwice to Cologne is to bus via Düsseldorf which costs €80 - €140 and takes 16h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Gliwice to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 7h 10m and costs €95 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Gliwice to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe and arriving at Köln via Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Gliwice to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Gliwice and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 23m.
The distance between Gliwice and Cologne is 950 km. The road distance is 976.3 km.
The best way to get from Gliwice to Cologne without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 23m and costs €180 - €800.
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Gliwice to Cologne, including transfers.
Gliwice to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe station.
Gliwice to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Gliwice station.
The best way to get from Gliwice to Cologne is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 23m and costs €180 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus via Düsseldorf, which costs €80 - €140 and takes 16h 30m.
What companies run services between Gliwice, Poland and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Gliwice to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Wroclaw Glowny, Leipzig Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 12h 23m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe to Düsseldorf central bus station once daily. Tickets cost €80–140 and the journey takes 15h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Frankfurt via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–150
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–230
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €21–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Holzwickede to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gliwice to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gliwice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gliwice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gliwice to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bohumin to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Gliwice to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Meerssen to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aachen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego - ZTM
Bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego - ZTM
Bus from Gliwice Centrum Przesiadkowe to Pyrzowice Port Lotniczy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego - ZTM
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Gliwice, Centrum Przesiadkowe to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Katowice to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Gliwice to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Düsseldorf central bus station.
Gliwice to Cologne train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Wroclaw Glowny station.
Yes, the driving distance between Gliwice to Cologne is 976 km. It takes approximately 8h 21m to drive from Gliwice to Cologne.
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