Magdeburg to Erfurt bus

Buses from Magdeburg to Erfurt start at €10.63 and take 2h 52m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Magdeburg to Erfurt starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 155 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 52mDoor to door
  • 2h 8mMoving
  • €10.63 to €20.53From
  • 06:54 to 14:41First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 4.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€10.63 to €20.53 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 €18.33Mon14
  2. about €16.68Tue15
  3. about €20.53Wed16
  4. about €17.23Thu17
  5. about €17.23Fri18
  6. about €19.43Sat19
  7. about €15.58Sun20
  8. about €11.18Mon21
  9. about €10.63Tue22
  10. about €12.83Wed23
  11. about €14.48Thu24
  12. about €13.93Fri25
  13. about €14.48Sat26
  14. about €12.83Sun27

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 September 28, 2026

Cheapest€10.07
  1. VBB VB853306:542h 21m09:15ZOB MagdeburgErfurt, Busbahnhof

Door to door 3h 5mCO2 4.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
VBB€10.072h 50m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • VBB

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

A hotel room

A room in Erfurt for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Magdeburg to Erfurt

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

  1. €11.1890 days
  2. €11.7360 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.6321 days
  6. €12.8314 days
  7. €15.587 days
  8. €20.533 days
  9. €18.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 104 percent. The most expensive point is €20.53, 3 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. €12.83Sun
  2. €11.18Mon
  3. €10.63Tue
  4. €12.83Wed
  5. €14.48Thu
  6. €13.93Fri
  7. €14.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Magdeburg

Bus
  • ZOB Magdeburg

Erfurt

Bus
  • Erfurt, Busbahnhof
  • Marcel-Breuer-Ring
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 155 km against 135 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 Leipzig, Halle (Saale), Gohlis, Halle-Neustadt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Magdeburg at 06:54 and the last at 14:41, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
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 endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 52m1h 8m44m€21.795.1 kg12
Coach2h 52m2h 8m44m€10.634.2 kg2

Questions about Magdeburg to Erfurt

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 Magdeburg to Erfurt take?

The Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt takes 2h 52m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 155 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 Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt cost?

The Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt starts at €10.63 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. 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 Magdeburg to Erfurt?

1 operators run the Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt: VBB. Between them they file around 2 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 Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt use?

The Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt leaves from ZOB Magdeburg and arrives at Erfurt, Busbahnhof. 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 Magdeburg to Erfurt?

Traveling from Magdeburg to Erfurt by Train costs €21.79 and takes 1h 52m door to door, against 2h 52m by Coach. 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 Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt?

Fares for the Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 104 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt produce?

The Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 155 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Magdeburg to Erfurt?

Operators on the Coach from Magdeburg to Erfurt publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 52m 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 Magdeburg to Erfurt on September 13, 2026: 155 km of route against 135 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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