Halle to Hamburg-Nord train

Trains from Halle to Hamburg-Nord start at €34.99 and take 2h 57m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Halle to Hamburg-Nord starts at €34.99 and takes 2h 57m door to door, run by 3 operators over 311 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 57mDoor to door
  • 2h 13mMoving
  • €40.49 to €75.14From
  • 06:14 to 14:53First and last departure
  • 9Per day
  • 10.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€40.49 to €75.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Halle and Hamburg-Nord.

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DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Halle to Hamburg-Nord on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €72.39Mon21
  2. about €61.39Tue22
  3. about €70.19Wed23
  4. about €66.34Thu24
  5. about €61.39Fri25
  6. about €67.99Sat26
  7. about €75.14Sun27
  8. about €41.59Mon28
  9. about €40.49Tue29
  10. about €44.34Wed30
  11. about €49.84Thu1
  12. about €47.64Fri2
  13. about €49.29Sat3
  14. about €52.04Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Fastest€39.39
  1. FlixTrain FT908706:142h 13m08:27Halle (Saale) HbfHamburg-Nord station

Door to door 2h 57mCO2 10.3 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.
OperatorFromFastest
DB Fernverkehr€32.792h 54m
FlixTrain€35.542h 53m
ÖBB-Personenverkehr€33.342h 53m

The train gets you into Hamburg-Nord. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Hamburg-Nord for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Halle to Hamburg-Nord

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

  1. €18.3390 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €13.3845 days
  4. €13.3830 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €23.2814 days
  7. €28.787 days
  8. €30.433 days
  9. €33.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €33.18, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €23.28Sun
  2. €19.43Mon
  3. €21.08Tue
  4. €22.18Wed
  5. €24.38Thu
  6. €26.03Fri
  7. €23.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Halle (Saale)

Rail
  • Halle (Saale) Hbf
  • Halle Zoo
  • Halle Messe
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 311 km against 270 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 Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Braunschweig, Neue Neustadt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Halle at 06:14 and the last at 14:53, across 9 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
Train2h 57m2h 13m44m€34.9910.3 kg9
Coach5h 1m4h 17m44m€15.5810.6 kg3

Questions about Halle to Hamburg-Nord

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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord take?

The Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord takes 2h 57m door to door, of which 2h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 311 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord cost?

The Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord starts at €34.99 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €39.39. 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord?

3 operators run the Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. Between them they file around 9 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord use?

The Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord leaves from Halle (Saale) Hbf and arrives at Hamburg-Nord station. 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord?

Travelling from Halle to Hamburg-Nord by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 5h 1m door to door, against 2h 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord?

Fares for the Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord produce?

The Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord produces about 10.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 311 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 Halle to Hamburg-Nord?

Operators on the Train from Halle to Hamburg-Nord publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Halle to Hamburg-Nord on 20 September 2026: 311 km of route against 270 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 2h 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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