Cheapest€29.88
- FlixBus FB294506:509h 17m16:07Koln Breslauer PlatzBirmingham Digbeth
Door to door 10h 1mCO2 17.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cologne to Birmingham bus
Buses from Cologne to Birmingham start at €34.28 and take 10h 1m at their fastest.
The Buses from Cologne to Birmingham starts at €34.28 and takes 10h 1m door to door, run by 1 operator over 633 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 10h 1mDoor to door
- 9h 17mMoving
- €34.28From
- 17.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €29.88 | 9h 1m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Cologne to Birmingham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €32.0860 days
- €29.3345 days
- €35.3830 days
- €30.9821 days
- €45.8314 days
- €60.687 days
- €66.733 days
- €106.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €29.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 263 percent. The most expensive point is €106.33, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €55.73Sun
- €34.28Mon
- €41.43Tue
- €45.83Wed
- €51.33Thu
- €59.03Fri
- €49.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Köln
Bus
- Koln Breslauer Platz
- Wahn S-Bahn
Birmingham
Bus
- Birmingham Digbeth
- Birmingham Coach 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 633 km against 633 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Southend-on-Sea, Brussels, Islington, London. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 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 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 31m | 1h 21m | 3h 10m | €79.20 | 160.4 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 10h 1m | 9h 17m | 44m | €34.28 | 17.1 kg | 1 |
Questions about Cologne to Birmingham
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Cologne to Birmingham take?
The Coach from Cologne to Birmingham takes 10h 1m door to door, of which 9h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 633 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 Coach from Cologne to Birmingham cost?
The Coach from Cologne to Birmingham starts at €34.28 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham?
1 operators run the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Cologne to Birmingham use?
The Coach from Cologne to Birmingham leaves from Koln Breslauer Platz and arrives at Birmingham Digbeth. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Cologne to Birmingham?
Traveling from Cologne to Birmingham by Flight costs €79.20 and takes 4h 31m door to door, against 10h 1m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham?
Fares for the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €29.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 263 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham produce?
The Coach from Cologne to Birmingham produces about 17.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 633 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham?
Operators on the Coach from Cologne to Birmingham publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 1m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 modeled 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 Birmingham on September 9, 2026: 633 km of route against 633 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.28, and 10h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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