Fastest€120.79
- ČD D790506:405h 34m12:14Berlin HauptbahnhofBudapest-Keleti
Door to door 6h 18mCO2 26.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Berlin to Pest train
Trains from Berlin to Pest start at €116.39 and take 6h 18m at their fastest.
The Trains from Berlin to Pest starts at €116.39 and takes 6h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 793 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 18mDoor to door
- 5h 34mMoving
- €116.39From
- 26.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ČD | €113.64 | 6h 6m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Budapest-Keleti. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Berlin to Pest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €37.0360 days
- €33.1845 days
- €37.5830 days
- €43.6321 days
- €55.7314 days
- €78.287 days
- €102.483 days
- €109.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 230 percent. The most expensive point is €109.63, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €68.93Sun
- €42.53Mon
- €51.33Tue
- €56.83Wed
- €55.73Thu
- €72.78Fri
- €61.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Berlin
Rail
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Berlin Hbf
- Berlin Nordbahnhof
Pest
Rail
- Budapest-Keleti
- Kerepesi út
- Mogyoród HÉV station
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 793 km against 690 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 Brno, Dresden, Ostrava, Bratislava. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Berlin at 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 6h 18m | 5h 34m | 44m | €116.39 | 26.2 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 11h 29m | 10h 45m | 44m | €42.53 | 21.4 kg | 1 |
Questions about Berlin to Pest
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 Berlin to Pest take?
The Train from Berlin to Pest takes 6h 18m door to door, of which 5h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 793 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 Berlin to Pest cost?
The Train from Berlin to Pest starts at €116.39 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €120.79. 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 Berlin to Pest?
1 operators run the Train from Berlin to Pest: ČD. Between them they file around 5 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 Berlin to Pest use?
The Train from Berlin to Pest leaves from Berlin Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Budapest-Keleti. 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 Berlin to Pest?
Traveling from Berlin to Pest by Coach costs €42.53 and takes 11h 29m door to door, against 6h 18m 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 Berlin to Pest?
Fares for the Train from Berlin to Pest bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 230 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Berlin to Pest produce?
The Train from Berlin to Pest produces about 26.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 793 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 Berlin to Pest?
Operators on the Train from Berlin to Pest publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Berlin to Pest on September 10, 2026: 793 km of route against 690 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €116.39, and 6h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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