Cheapest€31.14
- DB Fernverkehr DB149906:152h 6m08:21Gießen stationGera Hbf
Door to door 2h 50mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Giessen to Gera train
Trains from Giessen to Gera start at €36.09 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.
The Trains from Giessen to Gera starts at €36.09 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 278 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 50mDoor to door
- 2h 6mMoving
- €36.09From
- 9.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €31.14 | 2h 40m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Gera Hbf. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Giessen to Gera
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €32.7960 days
- €40.4945 days
- €31.6930 days
- €33.8921 days
- €46.5314 days
- €60.297 days
- €72.393 days
- €89.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €89.44, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €42.69Sun
- €44.34Mon
- €36.09Tue
- €46.53Wed
- €60.84Thu
- €44.34Fri
- €50.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gießen
Rail
- Gießen station
- Gießen Erdkauter Weg
- Gießen Oswaldsgarten station
Gera
Rail
- Gera Hbf
- Gera-Tinz
- Gera Güterbf
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
- 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 278 km against 242 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 Fulda, Schweinfurt, Weimar, Erfurt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 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 Giessen at 06:15 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 Giessen to Gera
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 Giessen to Gera take?
The Train from Giessen to Gera takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 278 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 Giessen to Gera cost?
The Train from Giessen to Gera starts at €36.09 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €36.08. 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 Giessen to Gera?
1 operators run the Train from Giessen to Gera: 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 Giessen to Gera use?
The Train from Giessen to Gera leaves from Gießen station and arrives at Gera 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 Giessen to Gera?
Fares for the Train from Giessen to Gera bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 182 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Giessen to Gera produce?
The Train from Giessen to Gera produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 278 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 Giessen to Gera?
Operators on the Train from Giessen to Gera publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m 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 Giessen to Gera on September 9, 2026: 278 km of route against 242 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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