Cheapest€11.88
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe VS312814:1437m14:51Cuxhaven Amerika-BahnhofElmshorn station
Door to door 1h 21mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Cuxhaven to Elmshorn train
Trains from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn start at €11.88 and take 1h 20m at their fastest.
The Trains from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 20m door to door, run by 3 operators over 74 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 20mDoor to door
- 36mMoving
- €11.88From
- 2.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 25, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€14.09
- Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser EV893906:5436m07:30Cuxhaven Amerika-BahnhofElmshorn station
Door to door 1h 20mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 DB Regio | 1h 20m |
 Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser | 1h 20m |
| Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe | 1h 19m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Elmshorn is not something we sell.
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When to book Cuxhaven to Elmshorn
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
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- €13.547 days
- €13.543 days
- €21.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 83 percent. The most expensive point is €21.79, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €13.54Sun
- €12.44Mon
- €11.89Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €14.64Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €14.64Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cuxhaven
Rail
- Cuxhaven Amerika-Bahnhof
- Cuxhaven railway station
- Nordholz station
Elmshorn
Rail
- Elmshorn station
- Voßloch station
- Dauenhof 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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 74 km against 65 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Neumünster, Flensburg. 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. 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 Cuxhaven at 06:27 and the last at 14:41, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Cuxhaven to Elmshorn
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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn take?
The Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn takes 1h 20m door to door, of which 36m is spent moving. The route runs 74 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn cost?
The Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 25, 2026. A typical fare is €14.64. 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn?
3 operators run the Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn: DB Regio, Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser, Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe. Between them they file around 8 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn use?
The Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn leaves from Cuxhaven Amerika-Bahnhof and arrives at Elmshorn station. 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn?
Fares for the Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on September 25, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn produce?
The Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn produces about 2.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 74 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn?
Operators on the Train from Cuxhaven to Elmshorn publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 20m 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 Cuxhaven to Elmshorn on September 11, 2026: 74 km of route against 65 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Elmshorn a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Anything to book in Elmshorn before you go?
Day trips that leave Elmshorn in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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