Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €28.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 21m over 228 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€12.83 to €28.39
- 171%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hamburg-Nord
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%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
Bookaway lists departures for Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld 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 €28.78Sun20
- about €23.83Mon21
- about €19.43Tue22
- about €23.83Wed23
- about €22.73Thu24
- about €20.53Fri25
- about €19.98Sat26
- about €18.88Sun27
- about €16.68Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €17.23Wed30
- about €17.23Thu1
- about €18.33Fri2
- about €15.03Sat3
- about €17.23Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €12.83Tue6
- about €12.83Wed7
- about €15.58Thu8
- about €14.48Fri9
- about €15.58Sat10
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 Bielefeld. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bielefeld for the night the train gets in
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When to book Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €10.6360 days
- €10.6345 days
- €10.6330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €19.987 days
- €19.433 days
- €28.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €28.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld 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
228 km
199 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
315,514 → 331,906
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 228 km against 199 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 Bremen, Hannover, Braunschweig, Wolfsburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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 Bielefeld Hbf
Most of the points near Bielefeld Hbf open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld
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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
The fastest journey from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld takes 2h 21m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 14m, 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
The cheapest fare from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld is €12.83, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.57. 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
The cheapest way from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld is by coach, at €12.83 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 59m 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
The fastest way from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld 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 €27.29.
When should I book Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
Fares from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 171 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld, 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
No operator record names Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld directly. DB Fernverkehr, FlixBus, FlixTrain, HVV 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
50 percent of the services we sell from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld are direct. The rest connect at Bremen, Hannover, Braunschweig, Wolfsburg, with about 47 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld produce?
Travelling from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld 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 7.5 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld use?
Services from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld by train leave from Hamburg-Nord station and arrive at Bielefeld 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld 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 Hamburg-Nord to Bielefeld on 19 September 2026: 228 km of route against 199 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 2h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bielefeld is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Bielefeld and across Germany
Day trips that leave Bielefeld in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hamburg-Nord reaches 50 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 965 km. Bielefeld reaches 84 places in 3 countries, from 42 to 519 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hamburg-Nord
- 50Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Bielefeld
Leaving Bielefeld
- 84Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 16Operators