Herne to Halle

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Herne to Halle. From €38.67, fastest 3h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Herne to Halle costs €38.67 at the cheapest and takes 3h 20m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 378 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
378 km
Fastest
3h 20m
Average
3h 32m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€38.67
CO2 per passenger
12.5 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 30, 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
Train3h 46m3h 2m44m€48.7412.5 kg4
  • 3h 46mFastest, by Train
  • €48.74Cheapest, by Train
  • 12.5 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 378 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

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

Cheapest€38.67
  1. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr VR984907:301h 42m09:12Herne BahnhofPaderborn bus station
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB580610:522h12:52Paderborn HbfHalle (Saale) Hbf

Changes at Paderborn, with 100 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 6mCO2 11.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€50.94
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB613006:183h 2m09:20Herne stationHalle (Saale) Hbf

Door to door 3h 46mCO2 12.5 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.

Checking the live timetables.

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 Herne to Halle
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Herne to HalleMonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26SunSep 27
Coach€79.38€71.13€63.43€89.28€74.98€78.83€61.23€48.02€43.08€52.98€70.58€56.28€67.28€54.63
Train€100.44€88.34€80.09€101.54€73.49€92.74€56.44€59.74€48.74€61.39€82.29€65.24€65.79€59.19

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €38.67

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Halle

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Booking window

When to book Herne to Halle

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

  1. €53.1490 days
  2. €37.0260 days
  3. €37.0245 days
  4. €37.5730 days
  5. €52.5921 days
  6. €54.6314 days
  7. €56.447 days
  8. €63.433 days
  9. €79.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €37.02.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €79.38, 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.
€79.38€37.021371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 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. €54.63Sun
  2. €48.02Mon
  3. €43.08Tue
  4. €52.98Wed
  5. €70.58Thu
  6. €56.28Fri
  7. €65.79Sat
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. €71.13Sep
  2. €47.64Oct
  3. €37.74Nov
  4. €41.04Dec
  5. €44.17Jan
  6. €37.74Feb

The route

HerneHerneHalle (Saale)Halle (Saale)
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 378 km against 329 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 Bielefeld, Kassel, Paderborn, Hamm. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 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 Herne at 06:18 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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.

Herne

Rail
  • Herne station
  • Herne-Börnig station
  • Recklinghausen Süd station
Bus
  • Herne Bahnhof

Halle (Saale)

Rail
  • Halle (Saale) Hbf
  • Halle (Saale) Central Station
  • Halle (Saale) Thüringer Güterbahnhof
Bus
  • ZOB Halle (Saale)
Ferry
  • 830/12
  • Fähre Brachwitz
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 Fernverkehr€41.593h 20m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr
The price

What the fare is made of

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

The cheapest coach fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€31.9983%
Taxes€3.208%
Supplier fees€1.494%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€38.67100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Halle well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Halle?

Most of the points near Halle (Saale) Hbf open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Herne to Halle

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 Herne to Halle?

The fastest journey from Herne to Halle takes 3h 20m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 32m, 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 Herne to Halle?

The cheapest fare from Herne to Halle is €38.67, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.79. 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 Herne to Halle?

The cheapest way from Herne to Halle is by train, at €48.74 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 3h 46m 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 Herne to Halle?

Fares from Herne to Halle bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €37.02. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 114 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 Herne to Halle?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Herne to Halle, at €43.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 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 Herne to Halle?

November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Herne to Halle, at €37.74 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 Herne to Halle?

1 operators sell services from Herne to Halle across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr. 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 Herne to Halle?

20 percent of the services we sell from Herne to Halle are direct. The rest connect at Bielefeld, Kassel, Paderborn, Hamm, with about 49 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 Herne to Halle use?

Services from Herne to Halle by train leave from Herne station and arrive at Halle (Saale) 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 Herne to Halle?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Herne to Halle 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 Herne to Halle on September 13, 2026: 378 km of route against 329 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.67, and 3h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Halle are the half people leave until last.

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Things to do in Halle

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Halle, with free cancellation on most of it.

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