Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg. From €23.28, fastest 6h 22m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €23.28 and €25.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 22m over 429 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€23.28 to €25.48

  • 99%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Mönchengladbach

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.

  • 06:15First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

VPE runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg 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

  1. about €40.88Wed16
  2. about €63.98Thu17
  3. about €44.18Fri18
  4. about €41.43Sat19
  5. about €45.83Sun20
  6. about €39.23Mon21
  7. about €32.08Tue22
  8. about €31.53Wed23
  9. about €32.63Thu24
  10. about €38.68Fri25
  11. about €31.53Sat26
  12. about €36.48Sun27
  13. about €30.98Mon28
  14. about €25.48Tue29
  15. about €23.28Wed30
  16. about €30.98Thu1
  17. about €30.43Fri2
  18. about €26.58Sat3
  19. about €27.13Sun4
  20. about €23.28Mon5
  21. about €23.28Tue6

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

A hotel room

A room in Magdeburg for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Magdeburg Hbf and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg

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

  1. €23.2890 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €24.9345 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €23.2821 days
  6. €25.4814 days
  7. €32.087 days
  8. €44.183 days
  9. €40.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €44.18, 3 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.
€44.18€22.181371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg 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

429 km

373 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

261,742244,329

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

MönchengladbachMönchengladbachMagdeburgMagdeburg
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 429 km against 373 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 Paderborn, Wuppertal, Dortmund, Hagen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 78 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Magdeburg Hbf

Most of the points near Magdeburg Hbf open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg

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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

The fastest journey from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg takes 6h 22m door to door, of which 5h 54m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 6h 48m, 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

The cheapest fare from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg is €23.28, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.53. 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

The cheapest way from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg is by coach, at €25.48 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 6h 38m 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

Fares from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €22.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 99 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg, at €25.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg, at €18.33 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

1 operators sell services from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg across 1 mode: VPE. 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

20 percent of the services we sell from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg are direct. The rest connect at Paderborn, Wuppertal, Dortmund, Hagen, with about 78 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg use?

Services from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg by coach leave from Wickrath Markt and arrive at ZOB Magdeburg. 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg 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 Mönchengladbach to Magdeburg on September 15, 2026: 429 km of route against 373 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 6h 22m 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 Magdeburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Magdeburg and across Germany

Day trips that leave Magdeburg in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Mönchengladbach reaches 74 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 616 km. Magdeburg reaches 85 places in 3 countries, from 53 to 461 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Mönchengladbach

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  • 5Countries
  • 15Operators

Arriving in Magdeburg

Leaving Magdeburg

  • 85Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 13Operators

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