Darmstadt to Hamburg train

Trains from Darmstadt to Hamburg start at £38.46.

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The Trains from Darmstadt to Hamburg starts at £38.46, run by 1 operator over 419 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 21 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 43mDoor to door
  • 2h 59mMoving
  • £47.65From
  • 09:40 to 09:40First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 13.8 kgCO2

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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 £67.67Wed7
  2. about £119.04Thu8
  3. about £69.09Fri9
  4. about £80.87Sat10
  5. about £78.04Sun11
  6. about £55.42Mon12
  7. about £52.13Tue13
  8. about £47.42Wed14
  9. about £70.97Thu15
  10. about £55.42Fri16
  11. about £62.96Sat17
  12. about £56.84Sun18
  13. about £46.47Mon19
  14. about £44.59Tue20

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

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DB Fernverkehr£38.463h 37m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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A hotel room

A room in Hamburg for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Darmstadt to Hamburg

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

  1. £33.7590 days
  2. £56.8460 days
  3. £40.3445 days
  4. £40.8130 days
  5. £41.2921 days
  6. £44.5914 days
  7. £52.137 days
  8. £69.093 days
  9. £67.671 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £33.75.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 105 percent. The dearest point is £69.09, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. £56.84Sun
  2. £46.47Mon
  3. £44.59Tue
  4. £47.42Wed
  5. £70.97Thu
  6. £55.42Fri
  7. £62.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Darmstadt

Rail
  • Darmstadt Hbf
  • Darmstadt Ost
  • Darmstadt Süd

Hamburg

Rail
  • Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Hamburg Hbf
  • Hamburg-Altona
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 419 km against 419 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Questions about Darmstadt to Hamburg

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 Darmstadt to Hamburg take?

The Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg covers 419 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg cost?

The Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg starts at £38.46 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £62.02. 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 Darmstadt to Hamburg?

One operator runs the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg: DB Fernverkehr. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg use?

The Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg leaves from Darmstadt Hbf and arrives at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. 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.

When should I book the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg?

Fares for the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £33.75. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 105 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg produce?

The Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg produces about 13.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 419 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 Darmstadt to Hamburg?

Operators on the Train from Darmstadt to Hamburg publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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.

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