Updated daily · latest data: 10 Nov 2026

Amsterdam → Cologne by train: where is the ticket cheapest?

25 trains compared · checked 6 Nov 2026 to 10 Nov 2026

Cheapest trip overall (any train): NS International on 3 of 5 travel dates, from €25.99. For Amsterdam – Cologne, bahn.de (DB) and NS International almost always charged the same price for the same train (19 of 20 shared trains equally priced, typically €60). At Omio, the same train cost a median of 13 % more (24 trains in common).

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• bahn.de (DB) · usually cheapest
• NS International
• Omio

Fares change all the time; check the seller's website before booking. Opens the search for 22 Dec 2026 directly: bahn.de (DB).

Sellers compared

Counted per train the seller offered: “cheapest alone” = nobody was cheaper or equally cheap; “tied cheapest” = the same lowest fare as at least one other seller; “more expensive” = another seller was cheaper. “Vs. bahn.de (DB)”: median price difference for the trains both sellers offered. Other currencies are converted at the ECB reference rate of the day the fare was checked.

When to book? Fares by booking time

Cheapest ticket for Amsterdam – Cologne (median): last minute (0–3 days) €62, 1–2 weeks ahead €60, 2–4 weeks ahead €60, more than 4 weeks ahead €50.

For each train the lowest fare of all sellers counts. The groups contain different travel dates and trains; this shows a tendency, not a guarantee.

All measured trains

Checked on 10 Nov 2026

Checked on 6 Nov 2026

Highlighted: cheapest seller for that train. For each day, the table only shows sellers that had a fare on that day. Fares valid only for part of the route are excluded.