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Compare train, coach and flight for Ostend to Cologne
Omio recommends booking the train as it is the most popular option from Ostend to Cologne among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the coach with prices starting from £16. For those with little time consider booking a train which can get you there in 3h 19m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a coach costs an average of £16, and a train costs an average of £49.
Distance: 284 km
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Most popular Train | Coach |
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£84 Average Price | £25 Average Price Cheapest |
3h 49m Average total duration Fastest 3h 19m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 7h 10m Average total duration 6h 40m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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Travel optionsfrom Ostend to Cologne
How to get to Cologne from Ostend by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Ostend to Cologne is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
- FlixBus20:256h35Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West3:00Köln, Kennedystraße (Köln Bonn Flughafen)£241One-way0 changes
Cheapest
- FlixBus20:256h35Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West3:00Köln, Kennedystraße (Köln Bonn Flughafen)£241One-way0 changes
Fastest
- R 18213 · ICE 1712:533h22Ostende16:15Cologne Hbf£921One-way1 change
Other options
- IC 504 · ICE 114:423h34Ostende8:16Cologne Hbf£471One-way1 change
- IC 2306 · IC 2806 · ICE 136:483h28Ostende10:16Cologne Hbf£581One-way2 changes
- IC 506 · ICE 136:433h33Ostende10:16Cologne Hbf£581One-way1 change
- FlixBus · FlixBus10:306h20Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West16:50Köln, Kennedystraße (Köln Bonn Flughafen)£281One-way1 change
- FlixBus14:106h40Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West20:50Köln, Kennedystraße (Köln Bonn Flughafen)£341One-way0 changes
- FlixBus · FlixBus9:258h35Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West18:00Leverkusen, Bf Mitte£411One-way1 change
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LX442615:004h10Brussels Airport19:10Cologne Bonn Airport£3621One-way1 change- LX781+LX442815:006h35Brussels Airport21:35Cologne Bonn Airport£3621One-way1 change
LH5629+
LH40506:455h40Brussels Airport12:25Cologne Bonn Airport£4331One-way1 change
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FAQs: Ostend to Cologne
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This is compared to other travel options from Ostend to Cologne:
A coach is £60 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Ostend to Cologne costing on average £84.
A coach is £458 less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Ostend to Cologne costing on average £483.
Other travel options to Cologne take longer:
Flight takes on average 5h 27m.
Coach takes on average 6h 40m.
- Around 5 trains per day.
- Around 5 coaches per day.
- Around 1 flights per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Ostend and Cologne as scheduled services by train, coach and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Flights mostly depart from Brussels Airport and arrive in Cologne Bonn Airport.
- Trains mostly depart from Ostende and arrive in Cologne Hbf.
- Coaches mostly depart from Bruges, Sint-Michiels Station West and arrive in Köln, Kennedystraße (Köln Bonn Flughafen).
- Travel with FlixBus to go to Cologne by coach.
- Travel with Deutsche Bahn, Eurostar, SNCB to go to Cologne by train.
- 2 direct coaches per day with FlixBus.
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