Erfurt to Bochum train

Trains from Erfurt to Bochum start at €32.23 and take 2h 58m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Erfurt to Bochum starts at €32.23 and takes 2h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 312 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 58mDoor to door
  • 2h 14mMoving
  • €32.23 to €89.99From
  • 06:40 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 10.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€32.23 to €89.99 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €70.19Wed16
  2. about €89.99Thu17
  3. about €60.84Fri18
  4. about €56.44Sat19
  5. about €56.99Sun20
  6. about €53.14Mon21
  7. about €34.98Tue22
  8. about €42.69Wed23
  9. about €50.94Thu24
  10. about €44.89Fri25
  11. about €54.79Sat26
  12. about €44.34Sun27
  13. about €36.09Mon28
  14. about €32.23Tue29

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

Cheapest€29.48
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB356207:301h 36m09:06Erfurt HbfPaderborn Hbf
  2. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr VR363309:531h 47m11:40Paderborn bus stationBochum Central Station

Changes at Paderborn, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 4h 54mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€37.74
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB774006:402h 14m08:54Erfurt HbfBochum Hbf

Door to door 2h 58mCO2 10.3 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€34.992h 54m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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

A hotel room

A room in Bochum for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Erfurt to Bochum

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

  1. €32.7890 days
  2. €32.2360 days
  3. €34.9845 days
  4. €32.2430 days
  5. €29.4821 days
  6. €32.2314 days
  7. €34.987 days
  8. €60.843 days
  9. €70.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €29.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 138 percent. The most expensive point is €70.19, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €44.34Sun
  2. €36.09Mon
  3. €32.23Tue
  4. €42.69Wed
  5. €50.94Thu
  6. €44.89Fri
  7. €54.79Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Erfurt

Rail
  • Erfurt Hbf
  • Erfurt Central Station
  • Erfurt Maintenance Depot

Bochum

Rail
  • Bochum Hbf
  • Bochum-Weitmar
  • Bochum-Nord station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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 312 km against 272 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, Kassel, Hamm, Bielefeld. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Erfurt 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.

Questions about Erfurt to Bochum

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 Erfurt to Bochum take?

The Train from Erfurt to Bochum takes 2h 58m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 312 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 Erfurt to Bochum cost?

The Train from Erfurt to Bochum starts at €32.23 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €37.74. 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 Erfurt to Bochum?

1 operators run the Train from Erfurt to Bochum: DB Fernverkehr. 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 Erfurt to Bochum use?

The Train from Erfurt to Bochum leaves from Erfurt Hbf and arrives at Bochum Hbf. 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 Erfurt to Bochum?

Fares for the Train from Erfurt to Bochum bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €29.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Erfurt to Bochum produce?

The Train from Erfurt to Bochum produces about 10.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 312 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 Erfurt to Bochum?

Operators on the Train from Erfurt to Bochum publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 58m 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 Erfurt to Bochum on September 15, 2026: 312 km of route against 272 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.23, and 2h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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