Hamburg to Ghent bus

Buses from Hamburg to Ghent start at $45.70.

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The Buses from Hamburg to Ghent starts at $45.70, run by 2 operators over 559 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 23mDoor to door
  • 6h 23mMoving
  • $45.70 to $127.59From
  • 18.8 kgCO2

$45.70 to $127.59 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

12Go lists the departures it sells between Hamburg and Ghent.

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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 $127.59Thu8
  2. about $110.00Fri9
  3. about $83.91Sat10
  4. about $74.82Sun11
  5. about $72.38Mon12
  6. about $74.21Tue13
  7. about $49.94Wed14
  8. about $79.06Thu15
  9. about $63.29Fri16
  10. about $71.17Sat17
  11. about $69.96Sun18
  12. about $54.19Mon19
  13. about $50.55Tue20
  14. about $45.70Wed21

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

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Eurostar140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar
  • Eurostar

The bus gets you into Ghent. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ghent for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Gent Sint Pieters and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Hamburg to Ghent

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

  1. $42.6690 days
  2. $51.1660 days
  3. $51.1645 days
  4. $48.7330 days
  5. $47.5221 days
  6. $45.7014 days
  7. $49.947 days
  8. $83.913 days
  9. $127.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $42.66.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is $127.59, 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.
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. $69.96Sun
  2. $54.19Mon
  3. $52.97Tue
  4. $47.52Wed
  5. $79.06Thu
  6. $63.29Fri
  7. $71.17Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Hamburg

Bus
  • Hamburg ZOB
  • Bus Port Hamburg

Gent

Bus
  • Gent Dampoort
  • Gent Sint-Pieters
The journey

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 559 km against 509 km in a straight line, a detour of 12 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Brussels. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The alternatives

Buses 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 endsFromCO2
Flight5h 16m1h 36m3h 40m$80.19106.8 kg
Train6h 13m4h 25m1h 48m$76.8119.3 kg
Coach8h 23m6h 23m2h$45.7018.8 kg

Questions about Hamburg to Ghent

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Hamburg to Ghent take?

The Coach from Hamburg to Ghent covers 559 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 Coach from Hamburg to Ghent cost?

The Coach from Hamburg to Ghent starts at $45.70 for one passenger, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare is $45.70. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent?

2 operators run the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent: BlaBlaCar, Eurostar. 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 Coach from Hamburg to Ghent use?

The Coach from Hamburg to Ghent leaves from Hamburg ZOB and arrives at Gent Sint Pieters. 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 Coach the best way from Hamburg to Ghent?

The Coach is the cheapest way from Hamburg to Ghent, at $45.70, against 2 other modes that also run the corridor. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent?

Fares for the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $42.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent produce?

The Coach from Hamburg to Ghent produces about 18.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 559 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent?

Operators on the Coach from Hamburg to Ghent publish Power outlets, Restrooms, 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

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