Krefeld to Rotterdam runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €21.24 and €27.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 2m over 181 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€21.24 to €27.29
- 161%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Krefeld
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
Eurostar International runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Krefeld to Rotterdam 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 €52.59Mon14
- about €36.09Tue15
- about €42.69Wed16
- about €46.54Thu17
- about €47.09Fri18
- about €45.99Sat19
- about €42.69Sun20
- about €27.29Mon21
- about €28.39Tue22
- about €32.24Wed23
- about €36.09Thu24
- about €31.14Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €28.94Sun27
- about €24.54Mon28
- about €21.24Tue29
- about €23.99Wed30
- about €27.84Thu1
- about €24.54Fri2
- about €25.09Sat3
- about €25.63Sun4
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 Rotterdam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rotterdam for the night the train gets in
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When to book Krefeld to Rotterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.3990 days
- €24.5460 days
- €20.1445 days
- €20.6930 days
- €25.6321 days
- €28.9414 days
- €42.697 days
- €42.693 days
- €52.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €52.59, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Krefeld to Rotterdam 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
181 km
157 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
237,984 → 868,135
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 181 km against 157 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 Tilburg, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Eindhoven. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
The fare from RTM into Rotterdam is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Rotterdam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rotterdam costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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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 Rotterdam Centraal
Most of the points near Rotterdam Centraal open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Krefeld to Rotterdam
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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
The fastest journey from Krefeld to Rotterdam takes 2h 2m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
The cheapest fare from Krefeld to Rotterdam is €21.24, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.44. 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
The cheapest way from Krefeld to Rotterdam is by train, at €27.29 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 4m 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.
When should I book Krefeld to Rotterdam?
Fares from Krefeld to Rotterdam bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €20.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 161 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Krefeld to Rotterdam, at €27.29. 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Krefeld to Rotterdam, at €20.14 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
2 operators sell services from Krefeld to Rotterdam across 1 mode: Eurostar, Eurostar International. 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
33 percent of the services we sell from Krefeld to Rotterdam are direct. The rest connect at Tilburg, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Eindhoven, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Krefeld to Rotterdam use?
Services from Krefeld to Rotterdam by train leave from Krefeld Hbf and arrive at Rotterdam Centraal. 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Krefeld to Rotterdam 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 Krefeld to Rotterdam on 13 September 2026: 181 km of route against 157 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.24, and 2h 2m 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 Rotterdam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Rotterdam and across Netherlands
Day trips that leave Rotterdam in the morning and cover a good part of Netherlands by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Krefeld reaches 45 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 634 km. Rotterdam reaches 157 places in 17 countries, from 18 to 3,123 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Krefeld
- 45Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 8Operators
Arriving in Rotterdam
Leaving Rotterdam
- 157Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 26Operators