Vienna → Köln
Vienna to Köln by train
Vienna
Köln
A direct train runs from Vienna to Köln, scheduled from 11 h 37 min, with 6 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 11 h 37 min (typically 12 h 24 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 6
- Operators
- SNCB/NMBS, OBB (Austrian Federal Railways)
- Stations
- Wien HBF (AT) → Köln Hbf (DE)
- Straight-line distance
- 761 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inKöln →- 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 Vienna to Köln; 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): DE Regionalverkehr (regional rail); be-nmbs. How Head Your Way works.
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Airports: Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 16 km away · Stations: KOLN SUD; Köln Süd Bf; Köln Hauptbahnhof; Köln Hbf and 30 more · Ports: Köln KD; Deutzer Hafen; Port of Niehl
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