Cologne – more than just the cathedral.

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Direct daily services from Basel SBB in under 4 hours, from Bern in just over 6 hours.
Environmentally friendly: from Basel around 10 times less CO₂ emissions than by plane.
Free: WiFi and ICE entertainment portal.
From December 2021, head straight from Zürich HB and Basel SBB to Cologne by night train.

Head by train from multiple Swiss cities direct to Cologne every day – an environmentally friendly and comfortable journey. And from December 2021 you can go by night train too.

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As well as numerous connections with an interchange, there are also six direct services from Switzerland to Cologne. You can get to the city in just 6 hours and 45 minutes. Make the journey seem shorter with free WiFi, a visit to the restaurant or a look at the ICE Portal.

Place of departure	Journey time
Basel SBB	3 hours 52 minutes
Zürich HB	6 hours 6 minutes
Interlaken Ost	7 hours 5 minutes
Interlaken West	7 hours
Spiez	6 hours 43 minutes
Thun	6 hours 32 minutes
Bern	6 hours 1 minutes
Olten	5 hours 32 minutes
Liestal	5 hours 15 minutes

From December 2021, you can travel relaxed from Zürich HB and Basel SBB to Cologne overnight every day.

Timetable	Departure	Arrival	Journey time
Zürich HB to Cologne (NJ/IC 402)	21:59	05:56	7 hours 57 minutes
Basel SBB HB to Cologne (NJ/IC 402)	23:13	05:56	6 hours 43 minutes
Cologne to Zürich HB (NJ/IC 403)	23:53	08:05	8 hours 12 minutes
Cologne to Basel SBB (NJ/IC 403)	23:53	06:20	6 hours 27 minutes

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Interrail is an affordable and flexible way to get to Cologne. Discover the city on an Interrail journey through multiple countries – and it’s often cheaper than buying Point-to-Point Tickets.

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