Fastest€23.44
- DB Fernverkehr DB117106:151h 34m07:49Erfurt HbfPaderborn Hbf
Door to door 2h 18mCO2 6.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Erfurt to Paderborn train
Trains from Erfurt to Paderborn start at €27.29 and take 2h 18m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Erfurt to Paderborn on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Erfurt to Paderborn starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 205 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 18mDoor to door
- 1h 34mMoving
- €27.29 to €68.54From
- 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 6.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€27.29 to €68.54 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 €57.54Tue15
- about €56.44Wed16
- about €68.54Thu17
- about €41.04Fri18
- about €48.19Sat19
- about €38.84Sun20
- about €42.69Mon21
- about €27.29Tue22
- about €35.54Wed23
- about €43.24Thu24
- about €37.19Fri25
- about €36.64Sat26
- about €39.94Sun27
- about €33.89Mon28
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 29 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €23.44 | 2h 12m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Paderborn. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Paderborn for the night the train gets in
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When to book Erfurt to Paderborn
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €16.1314 days
- €15.587 days
- €27.133 days
- €26.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is €27.13, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €19.43Sun
- €15.58Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €21.08Thu
- €16.13Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Erfurt
Rail
- Erfurt Hbf
- Erfurt Central Station
- Erfurt Maintenance Depot
Paderborn
Rail
- Paderborn Hbf
- Paderborn Nord station
- Paderborn Central Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 205 km against 179 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Göttingen, Hannover, Marburg an der Lahn, Kassel. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Erfurt at 06:15 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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 | 2h 18m | 1h 34m | 44m | €27.29 | 6.8 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 3h 46m | 3h 2m | 44m | €15.58 | 5.5 kg | 1 |
Questions about Erfurt to Paderborn
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 Erfurt to Paderborn take?
The Train from Erfurt to Paderborn takes 2h 18m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 205 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 Erfurt to Paderborn cost?
The Train from Erfurt to Paderborn starts at €27.29 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.74. 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 Erfurt to Paderborn?
1 operators run the Train from Erfurt to Paderborn: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 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 Erfurt to Paderborn use?
The Train from Erfurt to Paderborn leaves from Erfurt Hbf and arrives at Paderborn 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 Erfurt to Paderborn?
Travelling from Erfurt to Paderborn by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 3h 46m door to door, against 2h 18m 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 Erfurt to Paderborn?
Fares for the Train from Erfurt to Paderborn bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 143 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Erfurt to Paderborn produce?
The Train from Erfurt to Paderborn produces about 6.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 205 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 Erfurt to Paderborn?
Operators on the Train from Erfurt to Paderborn publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 18m 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 Erfurt to Paderborn on 14 September 2026: 205 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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