Köln → Gelsenkirchen
Köln to Gelsenkirchen by train
Köln
Gelsenkirchen
A direct train runs from Köln to Gelsenkirchen, scheduled from 51 min, with 568 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 51 min (typically 1 h 13 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 568
- Operators
- National Express, DB Fernverkehr AG, FlixTrain, MSM Partyzug
- Stations
- Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf → Gelsenkirchen Hbf
- Straight-line distance
- 64 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inGelsenkirchen →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 26 Mar 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Köln to Gelsenkirchen; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): DB Fernverkehr (long-distance rail); DE Regionalverkehr (regional rail); FlixBus EU (intercity coach, multi-country). How Head Your Way works.
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