AIRPORTS & TRAINS

There might be small variations in the times of departure (unlike regional trains there are no fixed train numbers, only the regular connections are listed below:

Cologne/Bonn Airport (Flughafen Köln/Bonn)

Connections to the city centre (possible stops: Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhof Köln Messe-Deutz, Bahnhof Köln-Süd, Köln-Ehrenfeld)

By tram, bus or train (long-distance or regional)

Change to tram or bus to reach the University of Cologne

Düsseldorf Airport (Flughafen Düsseldorf, DUS)

Name of the stop: Düsseldorf Flughafen

Travel time = travel time to Köln Hauptbahnhof (central station), approximately 30-60 minutes

Only the stops in Cologne are listed below

Regional trains

RE5: RE5: once per hour from 5:50 until 21:50, travel time 40 minutes, stops: Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hauptbahnhof (Hbf), Köln Süd

RE1: once per hour from 1:32 until 23:32, travel time 40 minutes, stops: Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hauptbahnhof (Hbf), Köln-Ehrenfeld

RE6: once per hour from 5:57 until 22:57, travel time 57 minutes, stops: Köln Hauptbahnhof (Hbf)

Long-distance trains

Daily departures at 19:03, 21:00, 22:01, 23:00

Frankfurt Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt)

Long-distance airport trainstation, name of the stop: Frankfurt (M) Flufhafen Fernbf

Only long-distance trains listed below, travel time is around an hour, cost of a ticket ranges between 20 and 60€ depending on the booking date etc.

To Köln Hauptbahnhof (central station)

Once per hour from 7:10 until 23:10, travel time 55 minutes

At 3:30, 8:30, 12:30, 16:30, 18:30, travel time 1 hour 9 minutes

Once per hour from 9:41 until 18:41, travel time 52 minutes

[Once per hour from 6:57 until 17:57, in the afternoon every two hours, travel time 2 hours 9 minutes]

To Bahnhof Köln Messe/Deutz

Once per hour from 7:23 until 22:23, travel time 51 minutes

At 11:54, 13:54, 17:54, travel time 54 minutes

[At 11:58, 13:58, 17:58, travel time 2 hours 11 minutes]

TRAM – GETTING TO THE UNIVERSITY FROM COLOGNE CITY CENTRE

Köln Hauptbahnhof (Hbf, central station)

Centrally located, exit at the Cathedral Square

Underground access to the tram/subway on both sides of the station

Stop Dom/Hbf, lines 5, 14, 16 und 18, at the main entrance

Stop Breslauer Platz/Hbf, lines 14, 16 und 18, at the back entrance

Bahnhof Köln Messe/Deutz

Located on right side of the Rhine (University of Cologne is on the left)

Underground access to the tram/subway lines 1 and 9, name of the stop: Köln Messe/Deutz

Bahnhof Köln Süd

10-15 minutes walking distance to the Main Building and the Seminar Building of the University of Cologne

At the tram station Köln Süd of line 9

Köln-Ehrenfeld

30-40 minutes walking distance to the Main Building and the Seminar Building of the University of Cologne

Bus 142 brings you in 20 minutes to the station “Bachemer Straße”, from there its about 6 minutes walking distance to the Main Building and the Seminar Building of the University of Cologne

Universität

7 minutes walking distance (500 metres) to the Main Building and the Seminar Building of the University of Cologne

The following lines stop here: Tram 9 and Buses 130, 134, 142

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

DB Navigator

• Features: display of train connections, ticket booking
• Usage: online https://www.bahn.de/ or via App https://www.bahn.de/service/mobile/db-navigator)

Deutschland-Ticket

• Price: 58€ (since 2025)
• Subscription with automatic renewal, can be cancelled until the 10th of each month
• Valid for public transportation across Germany (buses, trams, subway, regional trains), not for long distance trains
• Booking via DB website or App or KVB App

KVB App

• Display of public transportation across Cologne (buses, trams, subway, regional trains) and of regional trains that stop in Cologne
• Ticket booking
• Show locations of taxi stands and KVB bikes (usage via the Nextbike App https://www.nextbike.de/de/
• Link to download: https://www.kvb.koeln/app/