Mainz to Hamburg train
Trains from Mainz to Hamburg start at £49.77.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Mainz to Hamburg on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Mainz to Hamburg starts at £49.77, run by 2 operators over 499 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 5h 56mDoor to door
- 3h 46mMoving
- £52.13 to £121.39From
- 16.3 kgCO2
5h 56m
3h 46m
£52.13 to £121.39
16.3 kg£52.13 to £121.39 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.
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Buying this journey
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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £121.39Wed7
- about £114.79Thu8
- about £97.83Fri9
- about £90.76Sat10
- about £91.71Sun11
- about £73.80Mon12
- about £68.62Tue13
- about £60.60Wed14
- about £84.17Thu15
- about £66.73Fri16
- about £72.85Sat17
- about £77.10Sun18
- about £52.13Mon19
- about £58.72Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
The train gets you into Hamburg. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Hamburg for the night the train gets in
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When to book Mainz to Hamburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £41.7690 days
- £68.6260 days
- £52.1345 days
- £51.6530 days
- £49.7721 days
- £58.7214 days
- £68.627 days
- £97.833 days
- £121.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £41.76.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is £121.39, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- £77.10Sun
- £53.06Mon
- £58.72Tue
- £60.60Wed
- £84.17Thu
- £68.14Fri
- £72.85Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Mainz
Rail- Mainz Hbf
- Mainz-Kastel
- Mainz Nord
Hamburg
- Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Hamburg Hbf
- Hamburg-Altona
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 499 km against 414 km in a straight line, a detour of 19 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bonn, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
Questions about Mainz to Hamburg
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 Mainz to Hamburg take?
The Train from Mainz to Hamburg covers 499 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Train from Mainz to Hamburg cost?
The Train from Mainz to Hamburg starts at £49.77 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £50.48. 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 Mainz to Hamburg?
2 operators run the Train from Mainz to Hamburg: DB Fernverkehr, SBB. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Mainz to Hamburg use?
The Train from Mainz to Hamburg leaves from Mainz Hbf and arrives at Hamburg 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 Mainz to Hamburg?
Fares for the Train from Mainz to Hamburg bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £41.76. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mainz to Hamburg produce?
The Train from Mainz to Hamburg produces about 16.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 499 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 Mainz to Hamburg?
Operators on the Train from Mainz to Hamburg publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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.
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