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Köln Hbf

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Köln Hbf is one of the most important train stations in Köln. From here you can reach 74 different destinations across Germany by train. Deutsche Bahn offers numerous daily connections with ICE, IC and regional trains.

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Regional Hub

ICE Lounge

Interim (bis 2026)

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Köln Hbf in Köln is an important hub in the German rail network. From here you can reach 74 different destinations across Germany by train. Deutsche Bahn offers numerous daily connections with ICE, IC and regional trains.

At Köln Hbf there is an ICE Lounge (Interim (bis 2026)). Access is available for BahnCard 100 holders, Comfort customers and Miles & More status members. The lounge offers complimentary drinks, snacks, WiFi and a quiet waiting area.

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Köln Hbf

Connections from Köln Hbf (75)

ICE RE
From
Köln
0h 21m
To
Düsseldorf
33 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
0h 19m
To
Bonn
25 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
2h 38m
To
Amsterdam
214 km View Details
ICE Thalys
From
Köln
0h 33m
To
Aachen
64 km View Details
RE
From
Köln
1h 26m
To
Siegen
90 km View Details
ICE RE
From
Köln
0h 28m
To
Wuppertal
37 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
20m
To
Solingen
25 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
2h 38m
To
Amsterdam Centraal
260 km View Details
Thalys ICE
From
Köln
1h 50m
To
Brüssel Midi
220 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
3h 59m
To
Berlin
476 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
1h 05m
To
Frankfurt
152 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
3h 32m
To
Hamburg
357 km View Details
ICE
From
Köln
22m
To
Düren
35 km View Details
RE S
From
Köln
15m
To
Leverkusen Mitte
18 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 36m
To
München
320 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 44m
To
Stuttgart
339 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 35m
To
Leipzig
227 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
1h 10m
To
Dortmund
73 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 58m
To
Essen
399 km View Details
RE RB
From
Köln
2h 15m
To
Bremen
150 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 30m
To
Dresden
430 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 41m
To
Hannover
482 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 55m
To
Nürnberg
203 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 11m
To
Duisburg
312 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 38m
To
Mannheim
546 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 54m
To
Karlsruhe
196 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 39m
To
Augsburg
255 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 13m
To
Münster
512 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 59m
To
Wiesbaden
431 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 31m
To
Freiburg
535 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
3h 21m
To
Mainz
296 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 29m
To
Kiel
422 km View Details
RE RB
From
Köln
2h 33m
To
Rostock
148 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 8m
To
Erfurt
435 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 56m
To
Magdeburg
593 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 28m
To
Potsdam
315 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 48m
To
Saarbrücken
273 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 53m
To
Kassel
202 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 1m
To
Braunschweig
207 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 18m
To
Würzburg
538 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 6m
To
Regensburg
411 km View Details
RE RB
From
Köln
1h 43m
To
Ulm
117 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 30m
To
Bielefeld
257 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 50m
To
Heidelberg
288 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 46m
To
Göttingen
279 km View Details
RE RB
From
Köln
1h 27m
To
Trier
103 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 57m
To
Passau
186 km View Details
RE RB
From
Köln
2h 19m
To
Koblenz
136 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 36m
To
Lübeck
488 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 51m
To
Osnabrück
176 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
2h 46m
To
Halle
293 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 46m
To
Chemnitz
461 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Köln
1h 37m
To
Bamberg
161 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 54m
To
Wien
488 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
6h 41m
To
Zürich
899 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
2h 38m
To
Amsterdam
214 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 29m
To
Prag
469 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 11m
To
Basel
576 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
6h 7m
To
Salzburg
725 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 33m
To
Innsbruck
536 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 46m
To
Rotterdam
573 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 8m
To
Brüssel
404 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
6h 1m
To
Warschau
783 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
5h 56m
To
Breslau
747 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
7h 10m
To
Kopenhagen
837 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 51m
To
Mailand
567 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 42m
To
Venedig
507 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
5h 29m
To
Paris
646 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
3h 20m
To
Lyon
473 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
6h 19m
To
Marseille
771 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
5h 47m
To
Strasbourg
805 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
5h 24m
To
Lille
703 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
5h 53m
To
Bordeaux
729 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
4h 51m
To
Toulouse
583 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Köln
6h 53m
To
Nice
798 km View Details

Connections to Köln Hbf (74)

ICE
From
Berlin
3h 59m
To
Köln
476 km View Details
ICE
From
Frankfurt
1h 05m
To
Köln
152 km View Details
ICE
From
Hamburg
3h 32m
To
Köln
357 km View Details
ICE
From
Düren
22m
To
Köln
35 km View Details
RE
From
Siegen
1h 25m
To
Köln
90 km View Details
RE S
From
Leverkusen Mitte
15m
To
Köln
18 km View Details
ICE RE
From
Düsseldorf
0h 21m
To
Köln
33 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Bonn
0h 19m
To
Köln
25 km View Details
ICE
From
Amsterdam
2h 38m
To
Köln
214 km View Details
ICE Thalys
From
Aachen
0h 33m
To
Köln
64 km View Details
ICE RE
From
Wuppertal
0h 28m
To
Köln
37 km View Details
ICE
From
Solingen
20m
To
Köln
25 km View Details
ICE
From
Amsterdam Centraal
2h 38m
To
Köln
260 km View Details
Thalys ICE
From
Brüssel Midi
1h 50m
To
Köln
220 km View Details
ICE IC
From
München
2h 36m
To
Köln
320 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Stuttgart
2h 44m
To
Köln
339 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Leipzig
2h 35m
To
Köln
227 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Dortmund
1h 10m
To
Köln
73 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Essen
2h 58m
To
Köln
399 km View Details
RE RB
From
Bremen
2h 15m
To
Köln
150 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Dresden
3h 30m
To
Köln
430 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Hannover
3h 41m
To
Köln
482 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Nürnberg
1h 55m
To
Köln
203 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Duisburg
2h 11m
To
Köln
312 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Mannheim
4h 38m
To
Köln
546 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Karlsruhe
1h 54m
To
Köln
196 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Augsburg
2h 39m
To
Köln
255 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Münster
4h 13m
To
Köln
512 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Wiesbaden
2h 59m
To
Köln
431 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Freiburg
4h 31m
To
Köln
535 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Mainz
3h 21m
To
Köln
296 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Kiel
3h 29m
To
Köln
422 km View Details
RE RB
From
Rostock
2h 33m
To
Köln
148 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Erfurt
3h 8m
To
Köln
435 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Magdeburg
4h 56m
To
Köln
593 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Potsdam
2h 28m
To
Köln
315 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Saarbrücken
2h 48m
To
Köln
273 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Kassel
1h 53m
To
Köln
202 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Braunschweig
2h 1m
To
Köln
207 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Würzburg
4h 18m
To
Köln
538 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Regensburg
3h 6m
To
Köln
411 km View Details
RE RB
From
Ulm
1h 43m
To
Köln
117 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Bielefeld
2h 30m
To
Köln
257 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Heidelberg
2h 50m
To
Köln
288 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Göttingen
2h 46m
To
Köln
279 km View Details
RE RB
From
Trier
1h 27m
To
Köln
103 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Passau
1h 57m
To
Köln
186 km View Details
RE RB
From
Koblenz
2h 19m
To
Köln
136 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Lübeck
3h 36m
To
Köln
488 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Osnabrück
1h 51m
To
Köln
176 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Halle
2h 46m
To
Köln
293 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Chemnitz
3h 46m
To
Köln
461 km View Details
ICE IC RE
From
Bamberg
1h 37m
To
Köln
161 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Wien
3h 54m
To
Köln
488 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Zürich
6h 41m
To
Köln
899 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Prag
3h 29m
To
Köln
469 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Basel
4h 11m
To
Köln
576 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Salzburg
6h 7m
To
Köln
725 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Innsbruck
4h 33m
To
Köln
536 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Rotterdam
4h 46m
To
Köln
573 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Brüssel
3h 8m
To
Köln
404 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Warschau
6h 1m
To
Köln
783 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Breslau
5h 56m
To
Köln
747 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Kopenhagen
7h 10m
To
Köln
837 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Mailand
4h 51m
To
Köln
567 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Venedig
3h 42m
To
Köln
507 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Paris
5h 29m
To
Köln
646 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Lyon
3h 20m
To
Köln
473 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Marseille
6h 19m
To
Köln
771 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Strasbourg
5h 47m
To
Köln
805 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Lille
5h 24m
To
Köln
703 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Bordeaux
5h 53m
To
Köln
729 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Toulouse
4h 51m
To
Köln
583 km View Details
ICE IC
From
Nice
6h 53m
To
Köln
798 km View Details

ICE Lounge at Köln Hbf

At Köln Hbf there is an ICE Lounge (Interim (bis 2026)). Here you can wait and work in comfort before your train departs.

Access available for:

  • BahnCard 100 holders
  • Comfort customers (1st Class Flexpreis Plus)
  • Miles & More status members
  • Day pass (€29)

Included:

  • Complimentary drinks
  • Snacks & food
  • WiFi & power outlets
  • Quiet waiting area

More about ICE Lounge →

Tips for Your Journey from Köln Hbf

  • Plan your trip early (2-3 weeks before departure) for optimal connection selection.
  • Use the BahnCard for additional discounts and exclusive rail services.
  • Compare connections between DB and Omio to find the best schedule.
  • Use the ICE Lounge for relaxed waiting before departure (with BahnCard 100 or day pass).
  • For longer distances, a seat reservation is often worthwhile for more comfort.

Frequently Asked Questions about Köln Hbf

Which trains depart from Köln Hbf?

From Köln Hbf, numerous trains run daily to major cities across Germany. Most connections are served by ICE high-speed trains.

Is there an ICE Lounge at Köln Hbf?

Yes, Köln Hbf has an ICE Lounge (Interim (bis 2026)). Access is available for BahnCard 100 holders, Comfort customers and Miles & More status members.

How do I plan my trip from Köln Hbf?

We recommend planning early (2-3 weeks before departure) for optimal connection selection. Use our partner links to Omio or FlixBus to check current schedules and book directly.

What connections are available from Köln Hbf?

From Köln Hbf, there are 75 different connections to major cities in Germany. Most connections run multiple times daily.

Events in Köln

Visit exciting events in Köln - conveniently accessible from Köln Hbf.

Koelner Karneval

Feb 12 - Feb 18, 2026

5 Min. in die Altstadt

gamescom Koeln

Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2026

2 Min. vom Bahnhof Messe/Deutz

Weihnachtsmarkt am Koelner Dom

Nov 16 - Dec 23, 2026

2 Min. vom Bahnhof (direkt am Dom)
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Notice: All information is provided without guarantee. Schedules and availability may change at any time. For current and binding information, please visit the official provider websites. This website is not affiliated with Deutsche Bahn AG or other railway companies.

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