Gotha to Göttingen

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Gotha to Göttingen. From €12.44, fastest 1h 29m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Gotha to Göttingen costs €12.44 at the cheapest and takes 1h 29m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 97 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
97 km
Fastest
1h 29m
Average
1h 31m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€12.44
CO2 per passenger
3.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

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 30m46m44m€14.643.2 kg5
  • 1h 30mFastest, by Train
  • €14.64Cheapest, by Train
  • 3.2 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 97 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€12.44
  1. DB Regio Südost DB971106:5146m07:37Gotha railway stationGöttingen Gbf

Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Gotha to Göttingen
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Gotha to GöttingenThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Train€40.49€32.79€32.79€27.29€17.39€20.69€25.64€25.09€20.14€21.24€22.89€19.04€14.64€15.74

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €12.44

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Göttingen is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Gotha to Göttingen

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

  1. €15.1990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €16.2945 days
  4. €15.7430 days
  5. €13.5421 days
  6. €15.7414 days
  7. €25.647 days
  8. €32.793 days
  9. €40.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €40.49, 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.
€40.49€11.881371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €22.89Sun
  2. €17.39Mon
  3. €14.64Tue
  4. €15.74Wed
  5. €25.09Thu
  6. €20.14Fri
  7. €21.24Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €20.69Sep
  2. €12.99Oct
  3. €13.54Nov
  4. €14.09Dec
  5. €14.09Jan
  6. €11.88Feb

The route

GothaGothaGöttingenGöttingen
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 97 km against 84 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 Weimar, Halle-Neustadt, Nordhausen, Jena. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Gotha at 06:51 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.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Gotha

Rail
  • Gotha railway station
  • Gotha Ost railway station
  • Ballstädt (Kr Gotha) railway station

Göttingen

Rail
  • Göttingen Gbf
  • Göttingen railway station
  • Jühnde
Bus
  • Central Bus Station Göttingen
  • Ebergötzen
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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 Regio Südost€12.441h 29m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Regio Südost
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€9.5076%
Taxes€0.958%
Our service fee€1.9916%
Total you pay€12.44100%

A day in Göttingen hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Göttingen Gbf

Most of the points near Göttingen Gbf open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Gotha to Göttingen

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 it take to get from Gotha to Göttingen?

The fastest journey from Gotha to Göttingen takes 1h 29m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 1h 31m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Gotha to Göttingen?

The cheapest fare from Gotha to Göttingen is €12.44, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €20.14. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Gotha to Göttingen?

The cheapest way from Gotha to Göttingen is by Train, at €14.64 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 1h 30m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Gotha to Göttingen?

Fares from Gotha to Göttingen bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 241 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Gotha to Göttingen?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Gotha to Göttingen, at €14.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Gotha to Göttingen?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Gotha to Göttingen, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Gotha to Göttingen?

1 operators sell services from Gotha to Göttingen across 1 modes: DB Regio Südost. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Gotha to Göttingen?

20 percent of the services we sell from Gotha to Göttingen are direct. The rest connect at Weimar, Halle-Neustadt, Nordhausen, Jena, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Gotha to Göttingen use?

Services from Gotha to Göttingen by Train leave from Gotha railway station and arrive at Göttingen Gbf. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Gotha to Göttingen?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Gotha to Göttingen allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Gotha to Göttingen on September 9, 2026: 97 km of route against 84 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 1h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Göttingen afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

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