Cheapest€20.69
- DB Fernverkehr DB887506:151h 23m07:38Hamburg HauptbahnhofRostock Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 2h 7mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Hamburg to Rostock train
Trains from Hamburg to Rostock start at €23.99 and take 2h 6m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Hamburg to Rostock on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Hamburg to Rostock starts at €23.99 and takes 2h 6m door to door, run by 2 operators over 176 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 6mDoor to door
- 1h 22mMoving
- €23.99 to €59.19From
- 06:04 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 5.8 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.
€23.99 to €59.19 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 €49.29Tue15
- about €41.04Wed16
- about €59.19Thu17
- about €35.54Fri18
- about €36.09Sat19
- about €33.89Sun20
- about €36.09Mon21
- about €23.99Tue22
- about €31.14Wed23
- about €36.09Thu24
- about €32.24Fri25
- about €30.04Sat26
- about €31.14Sun27
- about €27.29Mon28
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
Fastest€25.64
- DB Regio Nordost DB408506:041h 22m07:26Hamburg HauptbahnhofRostock Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 2h 6mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €20.69 |
 DB Regio Nordost | €23.99 |
The train gets you into Rostock. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rostock for the night the train gets in
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When to book Hamburg to Rostock
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.6490 days
- €20.1460 days
- €21.2445 days
- €16.8430 days
- €21.2421 days
- €27.2914 days
- €36.097 days
- €59.193 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 251 percent. The dearest point is €59.19, 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.
- €31.14Sun
- €27.29Mon
- €23.99Tue
- €31.14Wed
- €36.09Thu
- €32.24Fri
- €30.04Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Hamburg
Rail
- Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Hamburg Hbf
- Hamburg Süd
Rostock
Rail
- Rostock Hauptbahnhof
- Rostock Hbf
- Rostock 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 176 km against 153 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 Kiel, Lübeck, Schwerin, Neumünster. 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 Hamburg at 06:04 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Hamburg to Rostock
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 Rostock take?
The Train from Hamburg to Rostock takes 2h 6m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 176 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 Rostock cost?
The Train from Hamburg to Rostock starts at €23.99 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €25.64. 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 Rostock?
2 operators run the Train from Hamburg to Rostock: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio Nordost. Between them they file around 6 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 Rostock use?
The Train from Hamburg to Rostock leaves from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Rostock Hauptbahnhof. 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.
When should I book the Train from Hamburg to Rostock?
Fares for the Train from Hamburg to Rostock bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 251 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Hamburg to Rostock produce?
The Train from Hamburg to Rostock produces about 5.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 176 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 Rostock?
Operators on the Train from Hamburg to Rostock publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 6m 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 Rostock on 14 September 2026: 176 km of route against 153 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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