Porz am Rhein to Charleroi train

Trains from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi start at €23.99 and take 2h 24m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi starts at €23.99 and takes 2h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 220 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 24mDoor to door
  • 1h 40mMoving
  • €29.49 to €59.19From
  • 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 7.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€29.49 to €59.19 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

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

Buying this journey

Trainline lists departures for Porz am Rhein to Charleroi 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 €59.19Mon21
  2. about €42.69Tue22
  3. about €53.14Wed23
  4. about €53.14Thu24
  5. about €45.99Fri25
  6. about €48.74Sat26
  7. about €49.29Sun27
  8. about €33.34Mon28
  9. about €29.49Tue29
  10. about €31.69Wed30
  11. about €37.74Thu1
  12. about €34.44Fri2
  13. about €35.54Sat3
  14. about €34.98Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Cheapest€23.99
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB934306:391h 40m08:19Porz stationCharleroi-Central

Door to door 2h 24mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€30.59
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB870207:3057m08:27Porz stationLiège-Guillemins
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB682909:1940m09:59Liège-GuilleminsCharleroi-Central

Changes at Liège, with 52 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 13mCO2 6.9 kgChanges 1Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DB Fernverkehr€23.992h 18m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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A hotel room

A room in Charleroi for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Porz am Rhein to Charleroi

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

  1. €33.3490 days
  2. €30.0360 days
  3. €22.8845 days
  4. €25.6330 days
  5. €30.0421 days
  6. €34.9814 days
  7. €49.297 days
  8. €53.143 days
  9. €59.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €59.19, 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. €34.98Sun
  2. €33.34Mon
  3. €29.49Tue
  4. €31.69Wed
  5. €37.74Thu
  6. €34.44Fri
  7. €35.54Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Porz am Rhein

Rail
  • Porz station
  • Porz (Rhein)
  • Porz (Rhein) KD

Charleroi

Rail
  • Charleroi-Central
  • Charleroi-Ouest
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 220 km against 192 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 Liège, Aachen, Maastricht, Düren. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 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. 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 Porz am Rhein at 06:39 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.

Questions about Porz am Rhein to Charleroi

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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi take?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi takes 2h 24m door to door, of which 1h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 220 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi cost?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi starts at €23.99 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €31.68. 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi?

1 operators run the Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi: 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi use?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi leaves from Porz station and arrives at Charleroi-Central. 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi?

Fares for the Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi produce?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi produces about 7.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 220 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi?

Operators on the Train from Porz am Rhein to Charleroi publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 24m 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 Porz am Rhein to Charleroi on 20 September 2026: 220 km of route against 192 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 2h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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