Bamberg to Berlin train

Trains from Bamberg to Berlin start at €44.89 and take 4h 59m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bamberg to Berlin starts at €44.89 and takes 4h 59m door to door, run by 3 operators over 375 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 59mDoor to door
  • 2h 53mMoving
  • €52.04 to €110.34From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 13.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€52.04 to €110.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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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 €96.59Fri25
  2. about €110.34Sat26
  3. about €93.84Sun27
  4. about €85.04Mon28
  5. about €73.49Tue29
  6. about €69.64Wed30
  7. about €63.59Thu1
  8. about €60.29Fri2
  9. about €70.19Sat3
  10. about €68.54Sun4
  11. about €55.89Mon5
  12. about €52.04Tue6
  13. about €61.39Wed7
  14. about €66.34Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€44.89
  1. DB Regio Bayern DB729207:301h 5m08:35Bamberg HafenErfurt Hbf
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB736309:571h 48m11:45Erfurt HbfBerlin Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Erfurt, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 59mCO2 12.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

  • DB Regio Bayern
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • ČD

The train gets you into Berlin. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Berlin for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bamberg to Berlin

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

  1. €48.1990 days
  2. €38.2960 days
  3. €40.4945 days
  4. €54.2430 days
  5. €69.0921 days
  6. €66.3414 days
  7. €63.597 days
  8. €93.843 days
  9. €96.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €96.59, 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.
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. €68.54Sun
  2. €55.89Mon
  3. €52.04Tue
  4. €61.39Wed
  5. €66.34Thu
  6. €60.29Fri
  7. €70.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bamberg

Rail
  • Bamberg Hafen
  • Bamberg railway station
  • Baunach

Berlin

Rail
  • Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  • Berlin Hbf
  • Berlin Wannsee
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 375 km against 340 km in a straight line, a detour of 19 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nuremberg, Erfurt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Bamberg at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bamberg to Berlin

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 Bamberg to Berlin take?

The Train from Bamberg to Berlin takes 4h 59m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 375 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 Bamberg to Berlin cost?

The Train from Bamberg to Berlin starts at €44.89 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €52.86. 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 Bamberg to Berlin?

3 operators run the Train from Bamberg to Berlin: DB Regio Bayern, DB Fernverkehr, ČD. Between them they file around 2 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 Bamberg to Berlin use?

The Train from Bamberg to Berlin leaves from Bamberg Hafen and arrives at Berlin 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.

When should I book the Train from Bamberg to Berlin?

Fares for the Train from Bamberg to Berlin bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €38.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bamberg to Berlin produce?

The Train from Bamberg to Berlin produces about 13.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 375 km, which works out at roughly 36 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 Bamberg to Berlin?

Operators on the Train from Bamberg to Berlin publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 59m 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bamberg to Berlin on September 24, 2026: 375 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €44.89, and 4h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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