Cheapest
Average
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Fastest Journey
2 h 10 m
Average
3 h 30 m
Trains per day
70
Distance
176 km
It's difficult to get from Cologne to Kaiserslautern without transferring at least once.
Distance | 109 miles (175 km) | |
Average train duration | 3 h 6 min | |
Average train ticket price | $26 (€24) | |
Direct train | No | |
Train companies | Deutsche Bahn with connection, Deutsche Bahn or National Express |
Trains from Cologne to Kaiserslautern cover the 109 miles (175 km) long route taking on average 3 h 6 min with our travel partners like Deutsche Bahn with connection, Deutsche Bahn or National Express. There are direct train services available. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this trip for as low as $16 (€15), but the average price of train tickets is $26 (€24). Travelers depart most frequently from Köln Hbf and arrive in Kaiserslautern Hbf.
Buy your official Deutsche Bahn and National Express train tickets between Cologne and Kaiserslautern from $16 (€15) with Omio. Find train times and tickets for over 1000 travel companies to compare and book the most affordable journey.
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 Kaiserslautern train.
Deutsche Bahn from Cologne to Kaiserslautern train information:
National Express is the leading train company for routes throughout the United Kingdom, operating over 550 trains a day and serving over 900 destinations across the country. National Express even offers routes to and from major UK airports like Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol 24 hours a day at affordable prices for the budget traveler in mind. All National Express trains are air-conditioned and provide free WiFi and onboard entertainment. Most trains are equipped with seat belts and power outlets in each seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. You can select between three ticket types for the Cologne - Kaiserslautern train: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare. Refundable tickets provide more flexibility than other ticket options, meaning you can cancel or change your ticket easily, should you need to.
Train information from Cologne to Kaiserslautern with National Express:
Some of the Cologne train stations to Kaiserslautern you can start your journey from include Köln Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz and Köln/Bonn Flughafen. Similarly, some of the arrival train stations in Kaiserslautern include Kaiserslautern Hbf, Kaiserslautern West and Kaiserslautern Pfaffwerk.
When traveling this route, Omio customers are departing most frequently from Köln Hbf and arriving in Kaiserslautern Hbf.
Passengers board their train most frequently from Köln Hbf and travel around 1.1 miles (1.7 km) from the city center to this train station.
Passengers traveling this route most often arrive at Kaiserslautern Hbf and need to travel approximately 0.7 miles (1.2 km) from the train station to the city center in Kaiserslautern.
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