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Oberursel to Marburg

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Oberursel to Marburg. From €11.88, fastest 1h 22m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Oberursel to Marburg runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 22m over 79 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€11.88

  • 107%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Oberursel

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:13First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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

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 €24.54Mon21
  2. about €17.39Tue22
  3. about €17.94Wed23
  4. about €23.99Thu24
  5. about €17.39Fri25
  6. about €22.34Sat26
  7. about €17.94Sun27
  8. about €12.99Mon28
  9. about €15.19Tue29
  10. about €15.19Wed30
  11. about €14.64Thu1
  12. about €15.74Fri2
  13. about €15.74Sat3
  14. about €13.54Sun4
  15. about €11.89Mon5
  16. about €11.88Tue6
  17. about €12.99Wed7
  18. about €11.89Thu8
  19. about €12.99Fri9
  20. about €12.99Sat10
  21. about €13.54Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Marburg. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Marburg for the night the train gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Oberursel to Marburg

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

  1. €12.9990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €13.5421 days
  6. €13.5414 days
  7. €17.947 days
  8. €17.943 days
  9. €24.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 107 percent. The dearest point is €24.54, 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.
€24.54€11.88137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Oberursel to Marburg 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

79 km

68 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

46,73678,895

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

GermanyBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourgCologneCologneDüsseldorfDüsseldorfDuisburgDuisburgBonnBonnAachenAachenMönchengladbachMönchengladbachKrefeldKrefeldMainzMainzErfurtErfurtHagenHagenKasselKasselLiègeLiègeDarmstadtDarmstadtLeverkusenLeverkusenWürzburgWürzburgKoblenzKoblenzOberurselOberurselMarburg an der LahnMarburg an der LahnMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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 79 km against 68 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Siegen, Kassel. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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

Marburg is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Cölbe station

Most of the points near Cölbe station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Oberursel to Marburg

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 Oberursel to Marburg?

The fastest journey from Oberursel to Marburg takes 1h 22m door to door, of which 39m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 24m, 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

The cheapest fare from Oberursel to Marburg is €11.88, as of 20 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

The cheapest way from Oberursel to Marburg is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 23m 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

Fares from Oberursel to Marburg bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 107 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Oberursel to Marburg, at €12.99. 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Oberursel to Marburg, at €11.88 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

DB Regio Mitte, HLB Hessenbahn publish service areas covering both Oberursel and Marburg, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Oberursel to Marburg?

50 percent of the services we sell from Oberursel to Marburg are direct. The rest connect at Siegen, Kassel, with about 62 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 Oberursel to Marburg use?

Services from Oberursel to Marburg by train leave from Oberursel station and arrive at Cölbe station. 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 Oberursel to Marburg?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Oberursel to Marburg 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Oberursel to Marburg on 20 September 2026: 79 km of route against 68 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 22m 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 Marburg is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips out of Marburg and across Germany

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

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The two ends, compared

Oberursel reaches 6 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 139 km. Marburg reaches 31 places in 1 countries, from 53 to 349 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Oberursel

  • 6Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Marburg

Leaving Marburg

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

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