Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap train ticket from Cologne to Milan is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
10 h 55 m
Average
11 h 28 m
Trains per day
3
Distance
630 km
It's difficult to get from Cologne to Milan without transferring at least 2 times.
391 miles (630 km) | |
8 h 40 min | |
$161 (€140) | |
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FlixTrain, Trenitalia or Deutsche Bahn |
Trains from Cologne to Milan cover the 391 miles (630 km) long route taking on average 8 h 40 min with our travel partners like FlixTrain, Trenitalia or Deutsche Bahn. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this journey for as low as $115 (€100), but the average price of train tickets is $161 (€140). Travelers depart most frequently from Köln Hbf and arrive in Milano Centrale.
For as little as $115 (€100) you can travel by train between Cologne and Milan with Trenitalia and Deutsche Bahn. Omio will show you the best deals, schedules and tickets available for this trip.
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 Milan train.
Cologne to Milan train information with Deutsche Bahn:
When departing from Cologne, you have various train station options to start your trip from including Köln Hbf, Köln/Bonn Flughafen and Köln Messe/Deutz. When arriving in Milan, you can end your journey in train stations like Milano Centrale, Milano Porta Garibaldi and Milano Rogoredo.
Passengers board the train most frequently from Köln Hbf, which is located around 1.6 miles (2.5 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the train at Milano Centrale, located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) away from the city centre.
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