Mönchengladbach to Dortmund runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 18:49. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €12.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 27m over 92 km, on services run by 10 operators across 2 modes.
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
€10.07 to €12.99
- 11%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mönchengladbach
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.
- 06:06First departure
- 18:49Last departure
- 28Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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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
- about €11.18Mon14
- about €10.08Tue15
- about €11.18Wed16
- about €11.18Thu17
- about €10.08Fri18
- about €11.18Sat19
- about €10.08Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
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 Dortmund. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dortmund for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Mönchengladbach to Dortmund
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.087 days
- €11.183 days
- €11.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 11 percent. The dearest point is €11.18, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund 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
92 km
80 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
261,742 → 588,462
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 92 km against 80 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from DTM into Dortmund is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Dortmund
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dortmund 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 near Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Dortmund Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Mönchengladbach to Dortmund
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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
The fastest journey from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund takes 1h 27m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 41m, 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
The cheapest fare from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund is €10.07, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.74. 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
The cheapest way from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 1m 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
The fastest way from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund is by train, at 1h 27m door to door. Only 43m 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 €12.99.
When should I book Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
Fares from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 11 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund, at €10.07. 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund, at €10.07 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
10 operators sell services from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund across 2 modes: bodo Verkehrsverbund, DB Regio, Eurobahn, European Sleeper, Eurostar International, Nmbs/sncb. 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
Every service we sell from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 1h 27m 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund produce?
Travelling from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund by coach produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 3.0 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund use?
Services from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund by train leave from Mönchengladbach Hbf and arrive at Dortmund 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund?
10 of the 10 operators we sell from Mönchengladbach to Dortmund 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 Mönchengladbach to Dortmund on 13 September 2026: 92 km of route against 80 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dortmund is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Dortmund and across Germany
Day trips that leave Dortmund in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mönchengladbach reaches 74 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 616 km. Dortmund reaches 133 places in 31 countries, from 42 to 3,092 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mönchengladbach
- 74Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 15Operators
Arriving in Dortmund
Leaving Dortmund
- 133Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 30Operators