Duisburg to Bielefeld train

Trains from Duisburg to Bielefeld start at €20.69 and take 1h 54m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Duisburg to Bielefeld starts at €20.69 and takes 1h 54m door to door, run by 6 operators over 160 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 54mDoor to door
  • 1h 10mMoving
  • €20.69 to €36.09From
  • 06:12 to 17:27First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 5.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€20.69 to €36.09 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

  1. about €31.69Tue15
  2. about €33.89Wed16
  3. about €36.09Thu17
  4. about €32.24Fri18
  5. about €35.54Sat19
  6. about €31.69Sun20
  7. about €22.34Mon21
  8. about €21.24Tue22
  9. about €23.44Wed23
  10. about €30.59Thu24
  11. about €27.29Fri25
  12. about €27.29Sat26
  13. about €25.64Sun27
  14. about €20.69Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€21.79
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB663606:371h 10m07:47Duisburg HauptbahnhofBielefeld Hbf

Door to door 1h 54mCO2 5.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

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.
OperatorFromOn board
DB Fernverkehr€18.49Power sockets, Wi-Fi
European Sleeper€19.04Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
FlixTrain€19.59Power sockets, Wi-Fi
Nmbs/sncb€17.94Power sockets, Wi-Fi
SBB€19.59Power sockets, Wi-Fi
SNCF€17.39Power sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Bielefeld. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Bielefeld for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Duisburg to Bielefeld

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

  1. €10.6390 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0845 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0814 days
  7. €11.187 days
  8. €17.233 days
  9. €15.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 71 percent. The dearest point is €17.23, 3 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.
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. €12.28Sun
  2. €10.08Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €11.73Wed
  5. €13.38Thu
  6. €12.83Fri
  7. €13.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Duisburg

Rail
  • Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Duisburg Hbf
  • Duisburg Güterbahnhof

Bielefeld

Rail
  • Bielefeld Hbf
  • Bielefeld-Senne station
  • Bielefeld Central Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 160 km against 139 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 Duisburg at 06:12 and the last at 17:27, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 54m1h 10m44m€20.695.3 kg18
Coach2h 55m2h 11m44m€10.084.3 kg18

Questions about Duisburg to Bielefeld

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 Duisburg to Bielefeld take?

The Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld takes 1h 54m door to door, of which 1h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 160 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld cost?

The Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld starts at €20.69 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.69. 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld?

6 operators run the Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld: DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, FlixTrain, Nmbs/sncb, SBB. Between them they file around 18 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld use?

The Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld leaves from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Bielefeld 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld?

Travelling from Duisburg to Bielefeld by Coach costs €10.08 and takes 2h 55m door to door, against 1h 54m 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld?

Fares for the Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld produce?

The Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld produces about 5.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 160 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld?

Operators on the Train from Duisburg to Bielefeld publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 54m 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 Duisburg to Bielefeld on 14 September 2026: 160 km of route against 139 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 1h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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