Hanover to Erfurt runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 14:50. One passenger pays between €22.89 and €27.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 12m over 206 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€22.89 to €27.29
- 187%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hanover
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:08First departure
- 14:50Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Hanover to Erfurt on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €53.14Mon14
- about €43.24Tue15
- about €47.64Wed16
- about €50.94Thu17
- about €41.04Fri18
- about €43.79Sat19
- about €39.39Sun20
- about €27.84Mon21
- about €27.29Tue22
- about €31.14Wed23
- about €36.09Thu24
- about €33.34Fri25
- about €36.64Sat26
- about €40.49Sun27
- about €23.99Mon28
- about €22.89Tue29
- about €25.64Wed30
- about €28.39Thu1
- about €27.29Fri2
- about €28.39Sat3
- about €29.49Sun4
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 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 Hanover to Erfurt
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.3990 days
- €25.0960 days
- €22.8945 days
- €18.4930 days
- €29.4921 days
- €40.4914 days
- €39.397 days
- €47.643 days
- €53.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 187 percent. The most expensive point is €53.14, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Hanover to Erfurt and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
206 km
179 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
515,140 → 218,793
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 206 km against 179 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 Braunschweig, Göttingen, Kassel, Wolfsburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 fare from ERF into Erfurt is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Erfurt
Settled in advance, so the ride into Erfurt costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Erfurt Hbf
Most of the points near Erfurt Hbf open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Hanover 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 it take to get from Hanover to Erfurt?
The fastest journey from Hanover to Erfurt takes 2h 12m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 18m, 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
The cheapest fare from Hanover to Erfurt is €22.89, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.29. 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
The cheapest way from Hanover to Erfurt is by train, at €27.29 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 2h 14m 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
Fares from Hanover to Erfurt bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €18.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 187 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hanover to Erfurt?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hanover to Erfurt, at €27.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hanover to Erfurt?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hanover to Erfurt, at €18.49 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
3 operators sell services from Hanover to Erfurt across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
60 percent of the services we sell from Hanover to Erfurt are direct. The rest connect at Braunschweig, Göttingen, Kassel, Wolfsburg, with about 47 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 Hanover to Erfurt use?
Services from Hanover to Erfurt by train leave from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Erfurt Hbf. 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 Hanover to Erfurt?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Hanover to Erfurt 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
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Hanover to Erfurt on September 13, 2026: 206 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 2h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Erfurt is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Erfurt and across Germany
Day trips that leave Erfurt in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hanover reaches 184 places in 34 countries on services we hold, over distances from 52 to 4,883 km. Erfurt reaches 94 places in 10 countries, from 47 to 3,372 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hanover
- 184Places you can leave for
- 34Countries
- 67Operators
Arriving in Erfurt
Leaving Erfurt
- 94Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 20Operators