Which of these is correct?
1) Der Zug fährt von Köln bis Frankfurt.

2) Der Zug fährt von Köln nach Frankfurt.

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Which of these is correct?
1)  Der Zug fährt von Köln bis Frankfurt.

2)  Der Zug fährt von Köln nach Frankfurt.

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Both are correct depending on what you want to say. 
1. That would mean that the train would stop in Frankfurt. 'until Frankfurt'
2. That simply means a train going from Köln to Frankfurt.

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When talking about trains (or any other public transport), the normal way of saying "from ... to ..." is "von ... nach ...". We only use "bis" to emphasize something special about the destination of the train. Example: "Normalerweise fährt der Zug nur von Köln bis Frankfurt, aber an Feiertagen fährt er weiter bis Nürnberg".

Side note: When talking about time intervals, we always use "bis": Von 10 bis 12 Uhr, von Montag bis Freitag, von April bis September, von 2010 bis 2014, ...

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Actually both versions are correct, but i would prefer the second one

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The first one is the one I've heard most often while I lived in Germany.

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