There are 11 ways to get from South Benfleet to Cologne by train (Eurostar), taxi, 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 via London
best- Take the train from Benfleet to West Hamtrain
- 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 12m€165–403Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Streettrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
5h 29m€68–233Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from South Benfleet to Hempstead Valley Shopping Centretaxi
- Take the bus from Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre to Pencester Roadbus 007
- Take the bus from Dover to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus
13h 4m€143–208Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from South Benfleet to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colognecar
5h 58m€217–261Train
- Take the train from Benfleet to West Hamtrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain Tha
7h 22m€90–299Drive, car ferry
- Drive from South Benfleet to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colognecar
7h 5m€93–183Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Streettrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LGW - CGN
5h 17m€95–241Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Benfleet to West Hamtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
5h 56m€105–327Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Streettrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LGW - DUS
5h 50m€108–252Train to London City Airport, fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, train
- Take the train from Benfleet to West Hamtrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane LCY - RTM
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 3m€204–604Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Streettrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane STN - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Köln Hbftrain
8h 42m€83–304
South Benfleet to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from South Benfleet to Cologne is to train which costs €90 - €300 and takes 7h 22m.
The fastest way to get from South Benfleet to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 5h 17m and costs €95 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from South Benfleet to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Benfleet and arriving at Koeln Hbf via West Ham DLR Station, Stratford International, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 12m.
The distance between South Benfleet and Cologne is 643 km.
The best way to get from South Benfleet to Cologne without a car is to train via London which takes 6h 12m and costs €160 - €410.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from South Benfleet to Cologne, including transfers.
South Benfleet to Cologne train services, operated by c2c, depart from Benfleet station.
Cologne is 1h ahead of South Benfleet. It is currently 1:37 AM in South Benfleet and 2:37 AM in Cologne.
South Benfleet to Cologne train services, operated by c2c, arrive at West Ham station.
Book your South Benfleet to Cologne train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between South Benfleet, England and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Benfleet to Koeln Hbf via West Ham, West Ham DLR Station, Stratford International DLR Station, Stratford International, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 6h 12m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from London City Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Phone
- +44 345 744 4422
- [email protected]
- Website
- c2c-online.co.uk
Train from Benfleet to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
Train from Benfleet to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre to Pencester Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dover to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- €95–120
Ace Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1268 532 532
- Website
- acetaxi.cab
Basildon Taxi Cabs
- Phone
- +44 1268 288 473
Laindon Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1268 350 340
- Website
- laindontaxis.co.uk
AC Radio Cabs
- Phone
- +44 1702 334 455
- Website
- acradiocabs.com
Cab Call
- Phone
- +44 1702 345678
- Website
- cab-call.net
Southend Taxi Co-operative 333 444
- Phone
- +44 1702 333444
- Website
- 333444.uk
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