Frankfurt am Main to Bremen train

Trains from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen start at €34.99 and take 3h 1m at their fastest.

Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt am MainBremenBremen
A modern cityscape with a bridge over a calm river, under a bright blue sky.

The Trains from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen starts at €34.99 and takes 3h 1m door to door, run by 4 operators over 329 km, with around 13 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 3h 1mDoor to door
  • 2h 17mMoving
  • €42.14 to €75.14From
  • 06:36 to 16:58First and last departure
  • 13Per day
  • 10.9 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.

€42.14 to €75.14 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.

European Sleeper runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Frankfurt am Main to Bremen 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 €75.14Sun20
  2. about €66.89Mon21
  3. about €55.89Tue22
  4. about €59.74Wed23
  5. about €73.49Thu24
  6. about €68.54Fri25
  7. about €54.24Sat26
  8. about €50.39Sun27
  9. about €44.89Mon28
  10. about €42.14Tue29
  11. about €44.89Wed30
  12. about €55.34Thu1
  13. about €49.29Fri2
  14. about €42.69Sat3

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€39.39
  1. SBB SB955612:092h 17m14:26Frankfurt HauptbahnhofBremen Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 1mCO2 10.9 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.
OperatorFromOn board
DB Fernverkehr€35.54Power outlets, Wi-Fi
European Sleeper€34.44Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
Nmbs/sncb€34.99Power outlets, Wi-Fi
SBB€37.19Power outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • European Sleeper
  • Nmbs/sncb
  • SBB

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

A hotel room

A room in Bremen for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Bremen 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen

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

  1. €19.4390 days
  2. €13.3860 days
  3. €13.9345 days
  4. €13.9330 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €19.9814 days
  7. €26.037 days
  8. €23.283 days
  9. €33.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €33.73, 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. €22.18Sun
  2. €19.98Mon
  3. €19.43Tue
  4. €19.98Wed
  5. €23.28Thu
  6. €22.73Fri
  7. €19.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Frankfurt am Main

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

Bremen

Rail
  • Bremen Hauptbahnhof
  • Bremen Hbf
  • Bremen-Walle
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
96% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 4% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 329 km against 329 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Paderborn. The gap between arriving and leaving is 102 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Frankfurt am Main at 06:36 and the last at 16:58, across 13 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 1m2h 17m44m€34.9910.9 kg13
Flight4h 5m55m3h 10m€36.1383.4 kg2
Coach5h 6m4h 22m44m€15.588.9 kg9

Questions about Frankfurt am Main to Bremen

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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen take?

The Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen takes 3h 1m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 329 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen cost?

The Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen starts at €34.99 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €42.14. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen?

4 operators run the Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen: DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, Nmbs/sncb, SBB. Between them they file around 13 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen use?

The Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen leaves from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Bremen 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen?

Traveling from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 5h 6m door to door, against 3h 1m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen?

Fares for the Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 152 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 329 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen?

Operators on the Train from Frankfurt am Main to Bremen publish Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 1m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Bremen on September 19, 2026: 329 km of route against 329 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 3h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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