Fastest€28.39
- FlixTrain FT304306:081h 46m07:54Potsdam HbfErfurt Hbf
Door to door 2h 30mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Potsdam to Erfurt train
Trains from Potsdam to Erfurt start at €27.29 and take 2h 30m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Potsdam to Erfurt on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Potsdam to Erfurt starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 243 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 30mDoor to door
- 1h 46mMoving
- €27.29 to €68.54From
- 06:08 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 8.0 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.
€27.29 to €68.54 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 €64.69Wed16
- about €68.54Thu17
- about €48.19Fri18
- about €58.09Sat19
- about €45.99Sun20
- about €44.89Mon21
- about €32.24Tue22
- about €39.94Wed23
- about €52.04Thu24
- about €42.14Fri25
- about €43.24Sat26
- about €44.89Sun27
- about €36.09Mon28
- about €27.29Tue29
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
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €27.29 | 2h 28m |
| FlixTrain | €28.39 | 2h 27m |
The train gets you into Erfurt. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Erfurt for the night the train gets in
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When to book Potsdam to Erfurt
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €13.3860 days
- €13.3845 days
- €16.1330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €17.237 days
- €23.283 days
- €29.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 119 percent. The dearest point is €29.33, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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
- €17.23Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €16.68Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €23.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Potsdam
Rail
- Potsdam Hbf
- Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam
- Potsdam central station
Erfurt
Rail
- Erfurt Hbf
- Erfurt Central Station
- Erfurt Maintenance Depot
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 243 km against 211 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 Neue Neustadt, Leipzig, Halle (Saale), Magdeburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Potsdam at 06:08 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 30m | 1h 46m | 44m | €27.29 | 8.0 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 4h 21m | 3h 37m | 44m | €15.03 | 6.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Potsdam to Erfurt
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 Potsdam to Erfurt take?
The Train from Potsdam to Erfurt takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 243 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 Potsdam to Erfurt cost?
The Train from Potsdam to Erfurt starts at €27.29 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €33.07. 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 Potsdam to Erfurt?
2 operators run the Train from Potsdam to Erfurt: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain. 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 Potsdam to Erfurt use?
The Train from Potsdam to Erfurt leaves from Potsdam Hbf and arrives at Erfurt 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 Potsdam to Erfurt?
Travelling from Potsdam to Erfurt by Coach costs €15.03 and takes 4h 21m door to door, against 2h 30m 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 Potsdam to Erfurt?
Fares for the Train from Potsdam to Erfurt bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 119 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Potsdam to Erfurt produce?
The Train from Potsdam to Erfurt produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 243 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 Potsdam to Erfurt?
Operators on the Train from Potsdam to Erfurt publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 30m 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 Potsdam to Erfurt on 15 September 2026: 243 km of route against 211 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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