Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap train ticket from Cologne to Bamberg is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
4 h 39 m
Average
5 h 22 m
Trains per day
4
Distance
303 km
Of the 4 trains that leave Cologne for Bamberg every day 4 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 187 miles (302 km) | |
Average train duration | 7 h 50 min | |
Average train ticket price | $54 (€47) | |
Train frequency | 7 a day | |
Direct train | No | |
Train companies | Deutsche Bahn or Deutsche Bahn with connection |
Trains from Cologne to Bamberg cover the 187 miles (302 km) long trip taking on average 7 h 50 min with our travel partners like Deutsche Bahn or Deutsche Bahn with connection. Normally, there are 7 trains operating per day, including direct services available. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this journey for as low as $16 (€13), but the average price of train tickets is $54 (€47). Travelers depart most frequently from Köln Hbf and arrive in Bamberg, Bahnhof.
Buy your official Deutsche Bahn train tickets to Bamberg from Cologne from $16 (€13) with Omio. Find train times and tickets for over 1000 travel companies to compare and book the most convenient route.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is Germany’s main provider of train services and makes on average about 40, 000 domestic and international journeys per day. Deutsche Bahn’s fleet of trains includes the high-speed ICE (Intercity Express) as well as the IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn), which differ in terms of comfort and the time needed to travel. For example, while toilets are standard amenities, services like onboard restaurants or free WiFi are only available on certain train types and routes. Deutsche Bahn is well-known for its wide range of fares like Super Saver, Saver, and Flexible and discount cards like the Bahncard 25, 50 and 100, which you can also use for your Cologne to Bamberg train.
Deutsche Bahn from Cologne to Bamberg train information:
Some of the Cologne train stations to Bamberg you can start your journey from include Köln Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz and Köln/Bonn Flughafen. Similarly, some of the arrival train stations in Bamberg include Bamberg, Bahnhof and Bamberg, Bahnhofsvorplatz/Ludwigstraße.
When traveling this route, Omio customers are departing most frequently from Köln Hbf and arriving in Bamberg, Bahnhof.
Passengers board the train most frequently from Köln Hbf, which is located around 1.1 miles (1.7 km) away from the city center, and they get off the train at Bamberg, Bahnhof, located 0.2 miles (338 m) away from the city center.
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