Fastest€45.44
- FlixTrain FT894906:182h 24m08:42Hamburg HauptbahnhofBochum Hbf
Door to door 3h 8mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Hamburg to Bochum train
Trains from Hamburg to Bochum start at €35.53 and take 3h 8m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Hamburg to Bochum on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Hamburg to Bochum starts at €35.53 and takes 3h 8m door to door, run by 3 operators over 342 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 8mDoor to door
- 2h 24mMoving
- €35.53 to €77.89From
- 06:18 to 14:24First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 11.3 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.
€35.53 to €77.89 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 €72.94Tue15
- about €75.14Wed16
- about €77.89Thu17
- about €68.54Fri18
- about €65.79Sat19
- about €64.14Sun20
- about €45.99Mon21
- about €41.03Tue22
- about €49.29Wed23
- about €58.64Thu24
- about €53.14Fri25
- about €56.99Sat26
- about €52.04Sun27
- about €35.53Mon28
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €34.99 | 3h 6m |
| FlixTrain | €38.84 | 3h 7m |
 SBB | €39.94 | 3h 6m |
The train gets you into Bochum. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bochum for the night the train gets in
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When to book Hamburg to Bochum
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €18.8845 days
- €15.5830 days
- €16.6821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €19.987 days
- €31.533 days
- €28.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €31.53, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €22.73Sun
- €19.43Mon
- €19.98Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €28.78Thu
- €24.38Fri
- €24.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Hamburg
Rail
- Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Hamburg Hbf
- Hamburg Süd
Bochum
Rail
- Bochum Hbf
- Bochum-Weitmar
- Bochum-Nord station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 342 km against 297 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 Bielefeld, Bremen, Paderborn, Münster. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Hamburg at 06:18 and the last at 14:24, across 10 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 | 3h 8m | 2h 24m | 44m | €35.53 | 11.3 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 5h 24m | 4h 40m | 44m | €19.43 | 9.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Hamburg to Bochum
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 Hamburg to Bochum take?
The Train from Hamburg to Bochum takes 3h 8m door to door, of which 2h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 342 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 Hamburg to Bochum cost?
The Train from Hamburg to Bochum starts at €35.53 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €43.24. 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 Hamburg to Bochum?
3 operators run the Train from Hamburg to Bochum: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, SBB. Between them they file around 10 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 Hamburg to Bochum use?
The Train from Hamburg to Bochum leaves from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Bochum 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 Hamburg to Bochum?
Travelling from Hamburg to Bochum by Coach costs €19.43 and takes 5h 24m door to door, against 3h 8m 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 Hamburg to Bochum?
Fares for the Train from Hamburg to Bochum bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Hamburg to Bochum produce?
The Train from Hamburg to Bochum produces about 11.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 342 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 Hamburg to Bochum?
Operators on the Train from Hamburg to Bochum publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 8m 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 Hamburg to Bochum on 14 September 2026: 342 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €35.53, and 3h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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