Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €19.59 and €22.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 59m over 170 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€19.59 to €22.89
- 158%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rüsselsheim am Main
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:15First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne on your date, and you pay on their side.
See Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne on Bookaway
Or compare on TrainlineOr compare on 12Go
Partner link. We do not sell this ticket, and we earn nothing from this one.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €52.04Mon14
- about €41.59Tue15
- about €45.99Wed16
- about €42.14Thu17
- about €34.44Fri18
- about €40.49Sat19
- about €32.79Sun20
- about €27.84Mon21
- about €22.89Tue22
- about €27.29Wed23
- about €36.64Thu24
- about €31.14Fri25
- about €30.59Sat26
- about €28.39Sun27
- about €23.98Mon28
- about €19.59Tue29
- about €23.98Wed30
- about €26.74Thu1
- about €22.89Fri2
- about €23.44Sat3
- about €24.54Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Cologne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cologne for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Koln Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Cologne on Booking.comOr compare on Expedia
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.0990 days
- €21.2460 days
- €20.1445 days
- €20.1430 days
- €24.5421 days
- €28.3914 days
- €32.797 days
- €45.993 days
- €52.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 158 percent. The dearest point is €52.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
170 km
148 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
59,730 → 1,024,621
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 170 km against 148 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Neuwied, Gießen, Siegen, Koblenz. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Cologne is large, and the road in from CGN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Cologne
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cologne costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
Book a transfer from CGN with Welcome PickupsOr check Daytrip
Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Koln Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Koln Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Cologne on StasherOr try Bounce
Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.
Questions about Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
The fastest journey from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne takes 1h 59m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
The cheapest fare from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne is €19.59, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
The cheapest way from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne is by train, at €22.89 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 6m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
Fares from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €20.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 158 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne, at €22.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne, at €17.94 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
1 operators sell services from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne are direct. The rest connect at Neuwied, Gießen, Siegen, Koblenz, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne use?
Services from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne by train leave from Raunheim station and arrive at Koln Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Rüsselsheim am Main to Cologne on 13 September 2026: 170 km of route against 148 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 1h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Cologne a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Cologne and across Germany
Day trips that leave Cologne in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
See Cologne on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.
The two ends, compared
Rüsselsheim am Main reaches 34 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 150 km. Cologne reaches 232 places in 49 countries, from 41 to 9,350 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rüsselsheim am Main
- 34Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Cologne
Leaving Cologne
- 232Places you can leave for
- 49Countries
- 72Operators