Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg. From €11.73, fastest 2h 21m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:30 and the last around 16:58. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €26.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 21m over 229 km, on services run by 10 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 10 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€11.73 to €26.19

  • 93%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Frankfurt am Main

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.

  • 06:30First departure
  • 16:58Last departure
  • 15Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

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Buying this journey

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €20.53Mon21
  2. about €21.63Tue22
  3. about €17.78Wed23
  4. about €21.63Thu24
  5. about €19.98Fri25
  6. about €21.08Sat26
  7. about €16.68Sun27
  8. about €15.58Mon28
  9. about €13.93Tue29
  10. about €15.03Wed30
  11. about €17.23Thu1
  12. about €16.13Fri2
  13. about €16.13Sat3
  14. about €13.38Sun4
  15. about €12.28Mon5
  16. about €11.73Tue6
  17. about €12.28Wed7
  18. about €15.03Thu8
  19. about €13.93Fri9
  20. about €14.48Sat10
  21. about €13.38Sun11

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 coach gets you into Duisburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Duisburg for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €15.0390 days
  2. €12.2860 days
  3. €11.1845 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €13.3821 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €16.687 days
  8. €17.783 days
  9. €20.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 93 percent. The dearest point is €20.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€20.53€10.63137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg 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

229 km

199 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

650,000504,358

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

Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt am MainDuisburgDuisburg
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 229 km against 199 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from NRN into Duisburg is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Duisburg

Settled in advance, so the ride into Duisburg costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Duisburg Hauptbahnhof

Most of the points near Duisburg Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg

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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

The fastest journey from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg takes 2h 21m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 15m, 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

The cheapest fare from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg is €11.73, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.21. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

The cheapest way from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg is by coach, at €11.73 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 47m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

The fastest way from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg is by train, at 2h 21m door to door. Only 1h 37m 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 €23.44.

When should I book Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

Fares from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 93 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg, at €13.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg, at €10.63 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

No operator record names Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg directly. BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, FlixBus, Nmbs/sncb publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

Every service we sell from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg is direct, with around 30 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 21m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg produce?

Travelling from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg by coach produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg use?

Services from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg by train leave from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Duisburg Hauptbahnhof. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg?

10 of the 10 operators we sell from Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg 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 Frankfurt am Main to Duisburg on 20 September 2026: 229 km of route against 199 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 2h 21m 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 Duisburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Duisburg and across Germany

Day trips that leave Duisburg in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Frankfurt am Main reaches 426 places in 101 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 10,265 km. Duisburg reaches 137 places in 24 countries, from 40 to 3,192 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Frankfurt am Main

  • 426Places you can leave for
  • 101Countries
  • 148Operators

Arriving in Duisburg

Leaving Duisburg

  • 137Places you can leave for
  • 24Countries
  • 25Operators

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