Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main train

Trains from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main start at €36.09 and take 3h 15m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main starts at €36.09 and takes 3h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 364 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 15mDoor to door
  • 2h 31mMoving
  • €46.54 to €87.24From
  • 08:31 to 08:31First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 12.0 kgCO2

First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 28, 2026, across 2 services on the day.

€46.54 to €87.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departures on September 28, 2026

Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.

  1. 08:3112:394h 8m

    ICE 123NS International1 change

    Amsterdam CentraalFrankfurt (Main) Südbahnhof

    Calls at Utrecht Centraal 08:57 · Arnhem Centraal 09:32 · Oberhausen Hbf 10:24 · Duisburg Hbf 10:32 · Düsseldorf Hbf 10:45 · Köln Hbf 11:11 · Siegburg/Bonn 11:31 · Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb 12:13

    NS International timetable
  2. 08:3112:273h 56m

    ICE 123NS InternationalDirect

    Amsterdam CentraalFrankfurt (M) Hbf

    Calls at Utrecht Centraal 08:57 · Arnhem Centraal 09:32 · Oberhausen Hbf 10:24 · Duisburg Hbf 10:32 · Düsseldorf Hbf 10:45 · Köln Hbf 11:11 · Siegburg/Bonn 11:31 · Frankfurt Flughafen Fernb 12:13

    NS International timetable

DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main 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 €87.24Sun20
  2. about €72.94Mon21
  3. about €57.54Tue22
  4. about €65.24Wed23
  5. about €80.64Thu24
  6. about €76.79Fri25
  7. about €60.29Sat26
  8. about €55.34Sun27
  9. about €52.59Mon28
  10. about €49.29Tue29
  11. about €50.94Wed30
  12. about €56.99Thu1
  13. about €54.79Fri2
  14. about €46.54Sat3

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Fastest€38.84
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB696412:412h 31m15:12Amsterdam CentraalFrankfurt Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 15mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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€36.093h 14m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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

A hotel room

A room in Frankfurt am Main for the night the train gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main

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

  1. €20.5390 days
  2. €15.5860 days
  3. €14.4845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €19.9821 days
  6. €19.9814 days
  7. €26.587 days
  8. €24.933 days
  9. €35.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €35.38, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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. €23.83Sun
  2. €21.63Mon
  3. €20.53Tue
  4. €22.18Wed
  5. €25.48Thu
  6. €23.83Fri
  7. €19.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Amsterdam

Rail
  • Amsterdam Centraal
  • Amsterdam-Centraal
  • Amsterdam Amstel

Frankfurt am Main

Rail
  • Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
  • Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
  • Frankfurt (Main) Süd
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 364 km against 364 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Amsterdam at 06:40 and the last at 21:15, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

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 15m2h 31m44m€36.0912.0 kg12
Flight4h 3m53m3h 10m€34.9592.3 kg64
Coach5h 33m4h 49m44m€16.689.8 kg12

Questions about Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main

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 the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main take?

The Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main takes 3h 15m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 364 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main cost?

The Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main starts at €36.09 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €44.62. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main?

1 operators run the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main use?

The Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main leaves from Amsterdam Centraal and arrives at Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main?

Traveling from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main by Flight costs €34.95 and takes 4h 3m door to door, against 3h 15m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main?

Fares for the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main produce?

The Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main produces about 12.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 364 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main?

Operators on the Train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Amsterdam to Frankfurt am Main on September 19, 2026: 364 km of route against 364 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 3h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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