Fastest€19.59
- SNCF SN556314:4945m15:34Bonn HbfGelsenkirchen Hbf
Door to door 1h 29mCO2 3.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bonn to Gelsenkirchen train
Trains from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen start at €14.09 and take 1h 29m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Bonn to Gelsenkirchen on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen starts at €14.09 and takes 1h 29m door to door, run by 9 operators over 99 km, with around 54 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 29mDoor to door
- 45mMoving
- €14.09 to €23.99From
- 06:06 to 20:14First and last departure
- 54Per day
- 3.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 21 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€14.09 to €23.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.99Mon14
- about €20.69Tue15
- about €21.79Wed16
- about €22.34Thu17
- about €20.69Fri18
- about €21.24Sat19
- about €20.14Sun20
- about €14.64Mon21
- about €14.09Tue22
- about €15.19Wed23
- about €19.04Thu24
- about €16.84Fri25
- about €17.39Sat26
- about €16.29Sun27
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 cheapest and the fastest on 21 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | On board |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €12.44 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 European Sleeper | €12.99 | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
| Eurostar | €12.99 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Eurostar International | €12.99 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 National Express | €12.44 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Nmbs/sncb | €12.44 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Rurtalbahn | €11.89 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 SBB | €11.89 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 SNCF | €11.89 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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The train gets you into Gelsenkirchen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gelsenkirchen for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bonn to Gelsenkirchen
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
- €10.637 days
- €11.183 days
- €11.731 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 16 percent. The dearest point is €11.73, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.08Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Bonn
Rail
- Bonn Hbf
- Bonn UN Campus
- Bonn Hauptbahnhof
Gelsenkirchen
Rail
- Gelsenkirchen Hbf
- Gelsenkirchen Central Station
- Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 99 km against 86 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bonn at 06:06 and the last at 20:14, across 54 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 29m | 45m | 44m | €14.09 | 3.3 kg | 54 |
| Coach | 2h 6m | 1h 22m | 44m | €10.07 | 2.7 kg | 30 |
Questions about Bonn to Gelsenkirchen
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 the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen take?
The Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen takes 1h 29m door to door, of which 45m is spent moving. The route runs 99 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen cost?
The Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen starts at €14.09 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €17.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen?
9 operators run the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen: DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, Eurostar, Eurostar International, National Express. Between them they file around 54 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen use?
The Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen leaves from Bonn Hbf and arrives at Gelsenkirchen Hbf. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen?
Travelling from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 6m door to door, against 1h 29m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen?
Fares for the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 16 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen produce?
The Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen produces about 3.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 99 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen?
Operators on the Train from Bonn to Gelsenkirchen publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 9 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 29m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bonn to Gelsenkirchen on 13 September 2026: 99 km of route against 86 km in a straight line, 54 services a day, 9 operators a cheapest fare of €14.09, and 1h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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