Hamburg to Düsseldorf train

Trains from Hamburg to Düsseldorf start at €43.24 and take 3h 6m at their fastest.

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Scenic view of Düsseldorf's Rhine Tower and bridge over river under a clear blue sky.

The Trains from Hamburg to Düsseldorf starts at €43.24 and takes 3h 6m door to door, run by 3 operators over 338 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 6mDoor to door
  • 2h 22mMoving
  • €43.24 to €87.79From
  • 06:18 to 19:47First and last departure
  • 18Per day
  • 11.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€43.24 to €87.79 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 €75.14Tue15
  2. about €70.74Wed16
  3. about €87.79Thu17
  4. about €66.34Fri18
  5. about €68.54Sat19
  6. about €65.79Sun20
  7. about €56.99Mon21
  8. about €43.24Tue22
  9. about €46.54Wed23
  10. about €57.54Thu24
  11. about €53.69Fri25
  12. about €54.24Sat26
  13. about €50.94Sun27
  14. about €48.19Mon28

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 5, 2026

Fastest€45.99
  1. SBB SB330209:002h 22m11:22Hamburg HauptbahnhofDusseldorf Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 6mCO2 11.2 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.
OperatorFrom
DB Fernverkehr€34.99
FlixTrain€38.29
SBB€39.39

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

A hotel room

A room in Düsseldorf for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Dusseldorf 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 Hamburg to Düsseldorf

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

  1. €18.3390 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €16.1321 days
  6. €19.4314 days
  7. €24.387 days
  8. €37.583 days
  9. €33.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €37.58, 3 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.
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. €23.28Sun
  2. €19.43Mon
  3. €19.98Tue
  4. €21.08Wed
  5. €26.03Thu
  6. €23.28Fri
  7. €23.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Hamburg

Rail
  • Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
  • Hamburg Hbf
  • Hamburg Süd

Düsseldorf

Rail
  • Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof
  • Düsseldorf Hbf
  • Düsseldorf Zoo station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 338 km against 338 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hamburg at 06:18 and the last at 19:47, across 18 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 6m2h 22m44m€43.2411.2 kg18
Flight4h 1m51m3h 10m€42.0385.9 kg8
Coach5h 11m4h 27m44m€19.439.1 kg18

Questions about Hamburg to Düsseldorf

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 to Düsseldorf take?

The Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf takes 3h 6m door to door, of which 2h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 338 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 to Düsseldorf cost?

The Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf starts at €43.24 for one passenger, as of September 14, 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 to Düsseldorf?

3 operators run the Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain, SBB. Between them they file around 18 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 to Düsseldorf use?

The Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf leaves from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Dusseldorf 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 to Düsseldorf?

Traveling from Hamburg to Düsseldorf by Flight costs €42.03 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 3h 6m 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 to Düsseldorf?

Fares for the Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf produce?

The Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf produces about 11.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 338 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 to Düsseldorf?

Operators on the Train from Hamburg to Düsseldorf publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 6m 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Hamburg to Düsseldorf on September 14, 2026: 338 km of route against 338 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 3h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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