Köln → Salzburg
Köln to Salzburg by train
Köln
Salzburg
A direct train runs from Köln to Salzburg, scheduled from 7 h 04 min, with 13 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 7 h 04 min (typically 9 h 04 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 13
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr AG, SNCB/NMBS, OBB (Austrian Federal Railways)
- Stations
- Köln Messe/Deutz Bf → Salzburg Hbf
- Straight-line distance
- 562 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inSalzburg →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 12 Dec 2026. 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 Salzburg; 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); be-nmbs. How Head Your Way works.
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