Erfurt to Potsdam runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €15.03 and €32.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 27m over 243 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.03 to €32.24
- 155%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Erfurt
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:09First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Erfurt to Potsdam on your date, and you pay on their side.
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VBB runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Erfurt to Potsdam on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €29.88Mon14
- about €25.48Tue15
- about €29.33Wed16
- about €24.38Thu17
- about €23.28Fri18
- about €23.28Sat19
- about €24.93Sun20
- about €16.68Mon21
- about €17.23Tue22
- about €15.58Wed23
- about €23.28Thu24
- about €18.33Fri25
- about €24.93Sat26
- about €22.73Sun27
- about €15.03Mon28
- about €15.03Tue29
- about €16.68Wed30
- about €18.33Thu1
- about €16.68Fri2
- about €15.58Sat3
- about €16.68Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Potsdam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Potsdam for the night the train gets in
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When to book Erfurt to Potsdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €17.2360 days
- €11.7345 days
- €12.8330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €22.7314 days
- €24.937 days
- €29.333 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €29.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Erfurt to Potsdam and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
243 km
211 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
218,793 → 184,754
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 243 km against 211 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Magdeburg, Neue Neustadt, Halle (Saale), Leipzig. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Potsdam Hbf
Most of the points near Potsdam Hbf open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Erfurt to Potsdam
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Erfurt to Potsdam?
The fastest journey from Erfurt to Potsdam takes 2h 27m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 7m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Erfurt to Potsdam?
The cheapest fare from Erfurt to Potsdam is €15.03, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.74. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Erfurt to Potsdam?
The cheapest way from Erfurt to Potsdam is by coach, at €15.58 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Erfurt to Potsdam?
The fastest way from Erfurt to Potsdam is by train, at 2h 32m door to door. Only 1h 48m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €32.24.
When should I book Erfurt to Potsdam?
Fares from Erfurt to Potsdam bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 155 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Erfurt to Potsdam?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Erfurt to Potsdam, at €16.68. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Erfurt to Potsdam?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Erfurt to Potsdam, at €13.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Erfurt to Potsdam?
3 operators sell services from Erfurt to Potsdam across 2 modes: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, VBB. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Erfurt to Potsdam?
43 percent of the services we sell from Erfurt to Potsdam are direct. The rest connect at Magdeburg, Neue Neustadt, Halle (Saale), Leipzig, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Erfurt to Potsdam produce?
Travelling from Erfurt to Potsdam by coach produces about 6.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 8.0 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Erfurt to Potsdam use?
Services from Erfurt to Potsdam by train leave from Erfurt Hbf and arrive at Potsdam Hbf. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Erfurt to Potsdam?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Erfurt to Potsdam allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Erfurt to Potsdam on 13 September 2026: 243 km of route against 211 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 2h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Potsdam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Potsdam and across Germany
Day trips that leave Potsdam in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Erfurt reaches 94 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 3,372 km. Potsdam reaches 44 places in 3 countries, from 41 to 556 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Erfurt
- 94Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 20Operators
Arriving in Potsdam
Leaving Potsdam
- 44Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators