Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg train

Trains from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg start at €39.94 and take 3h 21m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg starts at €39.94 and takes 3h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 373 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 21mDoor to door
  • 2h 37mMoving
  • €49.29 to €94.94From
  • 06:14 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 12.3 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.

€49.29 to €94.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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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 €94.94Mon21
  2. about €67.44Tue22
  3. about €87.24Wed23
  4. about €90.54Thu24
  5. about €73.49Fri25
  6. about €81.19Sat26
  7. about €82.84Sun27
  8. about €54.79Mon28
  9. about €49.29Tue29
  10. about €49.29Wed30
  11. about €61.94Thu1
  12. about €56.99Fri2
  13. about €59.19Sat3
  14. about €61.94Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Fastest€44.34
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB102606:402h 37m09:17Hamburg-Nord stationDuisburg Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 21mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€39.94
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB173707:3051m08:21Hamburg-Nord stationBremen Hauptbahnhof
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB845509:351h 42m11:17Bremen HauptbahnhofDuisburg Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Bremen, with 74 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 31mCO2 11.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastest
DB Fernverkehr€38.843h 18m
FlixTrain€45.443h 19m

The train gets you into Duisburg. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Duisburg for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg

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

  1. €25.4890 days
  2. €24.9360 days
  3. €16.1345 days
  4. €20.5330 days
  5. €23.8321 days
  6. €30.9814 days
  7. €34.837 days
  8. €44.183 days
  9. €41.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €44.18, 3 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.
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. €30.98Sun
  2. €28.78Mon
  3. €23.28Tue
  4. €26.03Wed
  5. €28.78Thu
  6. €27.68Fri
  7. €26.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Duisburg

Rail
  • Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Duisburg Hbf
  • Duisburg-Rahm
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 373 km against 324 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 Dortmund, Münster, Bremen, Bielefeld. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 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 Hamburg-Nord at 06:14 and the last at 07:30, across 6 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 21m2h 37m44m€39.9412.3 kg6
Coach5h 40m4h 56m44m€18.8812.7 kg1

Questions about Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg

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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg take?

The Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg takes 3h 21m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 373 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg cost?

The Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg starts at €39.94 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €44.07. 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg?

2 operators run the Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain. Between them they file around 6 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg use?

The Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg leaves from Hamburg-Nord station and arrives at Duisburg 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg?

Traveling from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg by Coach costs €18.88 and takes 5h 40m door to door, against 3h 21m 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg?

Fares for the Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg produce?

The Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 373 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 Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg?

Operators on the Train from Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 21m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hamburg-Nord to Duisburg on September 20, 2026: 373 km of route against 324 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €39.94, and 3h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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