Duisburg to Rome train

Trains from Duisburg to Rome start at €111.98 and take 8h 57m at their fastest.

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Roma / Rome - Lazio - Italia / Italy

The Trains from Duisburg to Rome starts at €111.98 and takes 8h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,147 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 4 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 57mDoor to door
  • 8h 13mMoving
  • €111.98 to €238.49From
  • 06:25 to 17:34First and last departure
  • 7Per day
  • 37.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 4 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€111.98 to €238.49 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 €181.84Tue15
  2. about €201.64Wed16
  3. about €238.49Thu17
  4. about €186.79Fri18
  5. about €206.04Sat19
  6. about €168.09Sun20
  7. about €117.49Mon21
  8. about €111.98Tue22
  9. about €142.24Wed23
  10. about €158.74Thu24
  11. about €156.54Fri25
  12. about €181.84Sat26
  13. about €159.29Sun27
  14. about €124.63Mon28

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 4 October 2026

Cheapest€99.89
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB228807:3033m08:03Duisburg HauptbahnhofKoln Hauptbahnhof
  2. Eurowings E588009:121h 50m11:02Köln CGNRome FCO

Changes at Köln, with 69 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 29mCO2 278.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€131.79
  1. SNCF SN236106:258h 51m15:16Duisburg HauptbahnhofRoma Termini

Door to door 9h 35mCO2 37.9 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
SNCF€112.548h 26m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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A room in Rome for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Duisburg to Rome

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

  1. €132.3390 days
  2. €93.9560 days
  3. €106.4945 days
  4. €92.7330 days
  5. €101.6221 days
  6. €111.6514 days
  7. €117.497 days
  8. €199.563 days
  9. €179.501 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €199.56, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €155.90Sun
  2. €111.65Mon
  3. €111.98Tue
  4. €142.24Wed
  5. €158.74Thu
  6. €147.05Fri
  7. €145.87Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Duisburg

Rail
  • Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Duisburg Hbf
  • Duisburg Güterbahnhof

Rome

Rail
  • Roma Termini
  • Ciampino
  • Roma Balduina
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,147 km against 1,147 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bologna, Stuttgart, Köln, Zürich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Duisburg at 06:25 and the last at 17:34, across 7 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
Flight5h 4m1h 54m3h 10m€111.65290.5 kg2
Train8h 57m8h 13m44m€111.9837.9 kg7

Questions about Duisburg to Rome

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 Rome take?

The Train from Duisburg to Rome takes 8h 57m door to door, of which 8h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 1,147 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 Rome cost?

The Train from Duisburg to Rome starts at €111.98 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €150.49. 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 Rome?

1 operators run the Train from Duisburg to Rome: SNCF. Between them they file around 7 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 Rome use?

The Train from Duisburg to Rome leaves from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Roma Termini. 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 Rome?

Travelling from Duisburg to Rome by Flight costs €111.65 and takes 5h 4m door to door, against 8h 57m 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 Rome?

Fares for the Train from Duisburg to Rome bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €92.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Duisburg to Rome produces about 37.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1147 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 Rome?

Operators on the Train from Duisburg to Rome publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 57m 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Rome on 14 September 2026: 1147 km of route against 1147 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €111.98, and 8h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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