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It’s an easy and fast journey by train from Cologne to Paris. The Eurostar high-speed train will get you to the heart of the city in a little over 3 hours.
Book from 4 months before departure and take advantage of the best fares for your train journey to Paris.
Getting to Paris from Cologne is easy by train. You can count on 5 direct Thalys trains every day.
Set off in Köln Hbf, Cologne’s main train station, situated next to the famous cathedral. The high-speed Thalys train will whisk you off to Paris Nord – via Belgium – in 3 hours 14 minutes.
Upon your arrival at Paris Nord train station, you can continue your journey with one of the many train connections, or you can start your visit of the city by metro or bus (provided by RATP).
Update: 25/01, 2pm
Due to announced strike, fewer trains will be operating on the Belgian rail network from Sunday 25 January (10 pm - CET) to Friday 30 January 2026 included.
An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. All details on this alternative train service will be available 24h in advance on www.belgiantrain.be.
Please take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after an international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains just across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge).
Information about international trains:
Eurostar:
Most Eurostar trains will operate normally. Check Eurostar's adapted timetables.
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam)
Monday 26/01, Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01 : 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. The following trains are cancelled:
Lundi 26/01, Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01: 8 trains out of 16 circulent will operate from Belgium to the Netherlands (most of them will terminate in Rotterdam, however). 9 trains out of 16 will operate from the Netherlands to Belgium (most of them departing from Rotterdam). The following trains are cancelled:
Besides, Eurocity Direct 9512 (departing from Amsterdam Zuid 06:03) will terminate in Antwerpen-Centraal instead of Brussels.
Validity of tickets for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct:
ICE (Brussels-Cologne-Francfort)
TGV INOUI
All TGV INOUI trains to and from Brussels are operating, except for:
Sunday 25/01
Monday 26/01
Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01
OUIGO Brussels-Paris
Nightjet
Please check this page regularly for further updates.
