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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 21/11, 10:30am
Due to a national strike, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 23 November (10 pm - CET) to Wednesday 26 November 2025 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).
Concerning international trains we can provide the following informaton so far:
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam):
TGV INOUI
Alle TGV INOUI trains from and to Brussels will operate normally except:
Saturday 22/11
Sunday 23/11
Monday 24/11
Tuesday 25/11 and Wednesday 26/11
Thursday 27/11
Please check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to engineering works near Cologne, the ICE trains connecting Brussels with Frankfurt will be diverted around Cologne from Friday 14 November to Sunday 23 November 2025.
As a consequence, they will not be serving Köln Hbf (central station) as usual, but will be calling at Köln-Ehrenfeld suburban station (North-West of the city centre) instead.
Please check the adapted schedules in our journey planner if you travel to/from Cologne or if you have to change trains in Cologne.
