Cheapest€11.88
- DB Regio DB188106:5333m07:26Koln HauptbahnhofLüdenscheid station
Door to door 1h 17mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Cologne to Lüdenscheid train
Trains from Cologne to Lüdenscheid start at €11.89 and take 1h 17m at their fastest.
The Trains from Cologne to Lüdenscheid starts at €11.89 and takes 1h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 66 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 17mDoor to door
- 33mMoving
- €11.89From
- 2.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Regio | €11.88 | 1h 16m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Lüdenscheid station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Cologne to Lüdenscheid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €15.7414 days
- €15.747 days
- €18.493 days
- €19.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 60 percent. The dearest point is €19.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.74Sun
- €12.44Mon
- €11.89Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €16.84Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €15.74Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Köln
Rail
- Koln Hauptbahnhof
- Köln Hbf
- Köln-Lövenich
Lüdenscheid
Rail
- Lüdenscheid station
- Schalksmühle station
- Birkenhof railway station
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 66 km against 57 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Koblenz, Mönchengladbach, Siegen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cologne at 06:53 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Cologne to Lüdenscheid
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 the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid take?
The Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid takes 1h 17m door to door, of which 33m is spent moving. The route runs 66 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid cost?
The Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid starts at €11.89 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €23.98. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid?
1 operators run the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid: DB Regio. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid use?
The Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid leaves from Koln Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Lüdenscheid station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid?
Fares for the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 60 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid produce?
The Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 66 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid?
Operators on the Train from Cologne to Lüdenscheid publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 17m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cologne to Lüdenscheid on 12 September 2026: 66 km of route against 57 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.89, and 1h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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