There are 11 ways to get from Rugby to Cologne by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
6h 52m€197–446Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
5h 31m€85–349Bus
- Take the bus from Clifton Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 460
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus N380 / ...
17h 40m€87–134Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rugby to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colognecar
7h 24m€251–302Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane BHX - DUS
4h 46m€88–262Train via London
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
6h 57m€97–296Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rugby to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colognecar
8h 31m€144–256Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LGW - CGN
5h 27m€105–299Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MAN - CGN
5h 44m€91–283Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAN - DUS
6h 6m€134–293Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Rugby to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
6h 7m€113–379
Rugby to Cologne by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rugby to Cologne is to bus which costs €85 - €140 and takes 17h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Rugby to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 4h 46m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Rugby to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Clifton Road and arriving at Köln via London Victoria and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Rugby to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Rugby and arriving at Koeln Hbf via London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 52m.
The distance between Rugby and Cologne is 724 km.
The best way to get from Rugby to Cologne without a car is to train which takes 6h 52m and costs €190 - €450.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Rugby to Cologne, including transfers.
Rugby to Cologne bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Clifton Road station.
Rugby to Cologne train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Rugby station.
The best way to get from Rugby to Cologne is to train which takes 6h 52m and costs €190 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €140 and takes 17h 40m.
What companies run services between Rugby, England and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Rugby to Koeln Hbf via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 6h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Clifton Road to Köln via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Dusseldorf Central Bus Station in around 17h 40m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday, Thursday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–21
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Clifton Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Rugby to Cologne bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Cologne is 1h ahead of Rugby. It is currently 12:54 AM in Rugby and 1:54 AM in Cologne.
Rugby to Cologne train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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