Magdeburg to Altona runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 14:24. One passenger pays between €12.28 and €26.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 19m over 224 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.28 to €26.19
- 113%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Magdeburg
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 14:24Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 67%Run direct
ÖBB-Personenverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Magdeburg to Altona 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 €24.93Tue15
- about €21.63Wed16
- about €21.63Thu17
- about €23.83Fri18
- about €21.08Sat19
- about €19.43Sun20
- about €15.58Mon21
- about €14.48Tue22
- about €16.13Wed23
- about €19.43Thu24
- about €17.23Fri25
- about €17.78Sat26
- about €17.78Sun27
- about €13.38Mon28
- about €13.93Tue29
- about €14.48Wed30
- about €16.13Thu1
- about €17.23Fri2
- about €15.58Sat3
- about €15.58Sun4
- about €12.28Mon5
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 Altona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Altona for the night the train gets in
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When to book Magdeburg to Altona
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €13.9345 days
- €12.2830 days
- €12.2821 days
- €13.3814 days
- €15.587 days
- €21.633 days
- €24.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 113 percent. The most expensive point is €24.93, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Magdeburg to Altona 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
224 km
195 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
244,329 → 250,192
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 224 km against 195 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, Hannover, Lübeck, Wolfsburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
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 AIRBUS (Schiffsanleger)
Most of the points near AIRBUS (Schiffsanleger) open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Magdeburg to Altona
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 Magdeburg to Altona?
The fastest journey from Magdeburg to Altona takes 2h 19m door to door, of which 1h 43m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 49m, 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 Magdeburg to Altona?
The cheapest fare from Magdeburg to Altona is €12.28, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.99. 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 Magdeburg to Altona?
The cheapest way from Magdeburg to Altona is by coach, at €13.38 for one passenger on October 5, 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Altona?
The fastest way from Magdeburg to Altona is by train, at 2h 27m door to door. Only 1h 43m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €21.24.
When should I book Magdeburg to Altona?
Fares from Magdeburg to Altona bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 113 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Magdeburg to Altona?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Magdeburg to Altona, at €13.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Magdeburg to Altona?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Magdeburg to Altona, at €10.63 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 Magdeburg to Altona?
4 operators sell services from Magdeburg to Altona across 2 modes: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, HVV, 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 Magdeburg to Altona?
67 percent of the services we sell from Magdeburg to Altona are direct. The rest connect at Braunschweig, Hannover, Lübeck, Wolfsburg, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Magdeburg to Altona produce?
Traveling from Magdeburg to Altona by coach produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.4 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Magdeburg to Altona use?
Services from Magdeburg to Altona by train leave from Magdeburg Hbf and arrive at Altona station. 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 Magdeburg to Altona?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Magdeburg to Altona 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 Magdeburg to Altona on September 14, 2026: 224 km of route against 195 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Altona a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Altona and across Germany
Day trips that leave Altona in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Magdeburg reaches 85 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 461 km. Altona reaches 42 places in 3 countries, from 46 to 613 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Magdeburg
- 85Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 13Operators
Arriving in Altona
Leaving Altona
- 42Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 10Operators