How long does the s19 or re6 to köln hauptbahnhof take from Cologne Bonn airport?

14–16 min, 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.

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S19 or RE6 to Köln Hauptbahnhof.
To Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6).

Q: How much is the S19 or RE6 to Köln Hauptbahnhof from Cologne Bonn airport?

€4 for one traveler and €8 for two, charged per person. EUR 4.00 an adult, EUR 1.80 a child aged 6 to 14, EUR 9.60 for a 24hTicket, EUR 19.20 for the 24hTicket 5 Personen (up to five people, 24 hours, on every bus, tram, S-Bahn and regional train in the city) — cheaper than five singles at EUR 20.00. The EUR 2.90 Kurzstrecke is not sold for S-Bahn or regional trains. The KölnCard covers the same area for EUR 9.00 (one person) or EUR 19.00 (five), sold at the same machines.

DB Regio NRW (S19) and National Express (RE6), Rheinlandtarif, from Flughafen Köln/Bonn station to Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6).

14–16 min ride24-hour serviceLuggage included

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

Travelers	Each	Total
1 adult	€4	€4
2 adults	€4	€8
3 adults	€4	€12
4 adults	€4	€16
5 adults	€3.84	€19.20
6 adults	€3.87	€23.20
7 adults	€3.89	€27.20
8 adults	€3.90	€31.20

EUR 4.00 an adult, EUR 1.80 a child aged 6 to 14, EUR 9.60 for a 24hTicket, EUR 19.20 for the 24hTicket 5 Personen (up to five people, 24 hours, on every bus, tram, S-Bahn and regional train in the city) — cheaper than five singles at EUR 20.00. The EUR 2.90 Kurzstrecke is not sold for S-Bahn or regional trains. The KölnCard covers the same area for EUR 9.00 (one person) or EUR 19.00 (five), sold at the same machines.

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A private car to your door: €63 for four

Four pay €16 on the S19 or RE6 to Köln Hauptbahnhof. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Cologne in about 15 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.

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How to get there

From arrivals to Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6)

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

Find the station

Flughafen Köln/Bonn station.

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Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.

Ride to Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6)

14–16 min.

Worth knowing

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.

On the way

The stops worth knowing, in riding order, with the minutes from the airport in the operator's own timetable.

Flughafen Köln/Bonn station

10–14 min

Köln Messe/Deutz

14–16 min

Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6)

Does the S19 or RE6 stop at Köln Messe/Deutz?

Yes. It calls at Köln Messe/Deutz on the way to Köln Hauptbahnhof in 16 minutes on the S19 (14 on the RE6), 10–14 minutes from the airport by the operator's timetable.

Where it takes you

Köln Messe/Deutz10–14 min to Köln Messe/Deutz

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