- From
- Flughafen Köln/Bonn station, under the terminals — the S19 from platforms 1 and 2, the RE6 from platform 3; lifts and escalators come up inside the terminal
- To
- Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6), calling at Köln Messe/Deutz three minutes before; the S19 goes on to Hansaring and Ehrenfeld
- Luggage
- Commuter trains with racks and standing room; full at rush hour.
- Runs
- All night
- Journey
- 14–16 min
S19 and RE6 take the same EUR 4.00 ticket and both reach the Hauptbahnhof; take whichever leaves first. The S19 runs every 20 minutes by day, the RE6 hourly at :48, and the S19 alone through the night.
Five or more of you: the 24hTicket 5 Personen at EUR 19.20 beats five singles at EUR 20.00 — or the KölnCard for five at EUR 19.00, if a museum is on the list. Four pay EUR 16.00 in singles and should.
The S19 runs all night, every 30 minutes, except on Deutsche Bahn's engineering nights. As of 14 September 2026, there is no S19 after about 21:30 on the nights of 17, 18, 19 and 29 September; 1, 2, 3, 7, 15, 16, 17, 27, 29, 30 and 31 October; 4, 12, 13, 14, 24, 26, 27 and 28 November; and 2, 10 and 11 December. On those nights, a replacement bus leaves Terminal 1, stand 6, for Köln Breslauer Platz/Hbf every 30 minutes, and the RE6 runs until 00:48.
Your ticket is not valid on the ICE, which leaves from the same station: the airport's long-distance platforms are Deutsche Bahn fares. A Rail&Fly or a DB ticket bought through to "Flughafen Köln/Bonn" does cover the S-Bahn leg.
Do not buy a Kurzstrecke: the EUR 2.90 short-hop ticket is not valid on S-Bahn or regional trains at all.
Deutsche Bahn's own page says 14 minutes from the Hauptbahnhof to the airport; the timetable gives 16 the other way. Both are right.
S19 or RE6 to Köln Hauptbahnhof: price for every party size
Rheinlandtarif fares from VRS