Wuppertal to Nuremberg train

Trains from Wuppertal to Nuremberg start at €51.49 and take 3h 27m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Wuppertal to Nuremberg starts at €51.49 and takes 3h 27m door to door, run by 5 operators over 395 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 27mDoor to door
  • 2h 43mMoving
  • €51.49 to €105.39From
  • 06:12 to 17:19First and last departure
  • 15Per day
  • 13.0 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.

€51.49 to €105.39 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

  1. about €98.79Tue15
  2. about €81.19Wed16
  3. about €105.39Thu17
  4. about €76.79Fri18
  5. about €82.84Sat19
  6. about €72.94Sun20
  7. about €68.54Mon21
  8. about €53.14Tue22
  9. about €62.49Wed23
  10. about €66.89Thu24
  11. about €63.59Fri25
  12. about €66.34Sat26
  13. about €60.84Sun27
  14. about €51.49Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€50.94
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB732906:372h 43m09:20Wuppertal HbfNurnberg Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 27mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastestOn board
DB Fernverkehr€42.143h 27mPower sockets, Wi-Fi
European Sleeper€43.793h 27mPower sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
Nmbs/sncb€41.043h 27mPower sockets, Wi-Fi
SBB€42.693h 28mPower sockets, Wi-Fi
SNCF€42.693h 27mPower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • European Sleeper
  • Nmbs/sncb
  • SBB
  • SNCF

The train gets you into Nuremberg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Nuremberg for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Wuppertal to Nuremberg

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

  1. €21.0890 days
  2. €18.3360 days
  3. €19.9845 days
  4. €17.2330 days
  5. €18.3321 days
  6. €23.8314 days
  7. €27.137 days
  8. €45.833 days
  9. €36.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 166 percent. The dearest point is €45.83, 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.
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. €26.03Sun
  2. €23.83Mon
  3. €23.83Tue
  4. €23.28Wed
  5. €28.23Thu
  6. €26.58Fri
  7. €27.68Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Wuppertal

Rail
  • Wuppertal Hbf
  • Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
  • Bahnhof Wuppertal-Loh

Nuremberg

Rail
  • Nurnberg Hauptbahnhof
  • Nürnberg Hbf
  • Nuremberg Hgbf
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 395 km against 343 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Wuppertal at 06:12 and the last at 17:19, across 15 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 27m2h 43m44m€51.4913.0 kg15
Coach5h 56m5h 12m44m€23.2810.7 kg15

Questions about Wuppertal to Nuremberg

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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg take?

The Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg takes 3h 27m door to door, of which 2h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 395 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg cost?

The Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg starts at €51.49 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg?

5 operators run the Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg: DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, Nmbs/sncb, SBB, SNCF. Between them they file around 15 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg use?

The Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg leaves from Wuppertal Hbf and arrives at Nurnberg 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.

Is the Train the best way from Wuppertal to Nuremberg?

Travelling from Wuppertal to Nuremberg by Coach costs €23.28 and takes 5h 56m door to door, against 3h 27m 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg?

Fares for the Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg produce?

The Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg produces about 13.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 395 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg?

Operators on the Train from Wuppertal to Nuremberg publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 27m 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 Wuppertal to Nuremberg on 14 September 2026: 395 km of route against 343 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 3h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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